Departmental Council of Mayotte
The Departmental Council of Mayotte (French: Conseil départemental de Mayotte) is the local authority overseeing the Department of Mayotte. The legislative branch is composed of the council itself acting as a deliberative assembly, while the executive is composed of the President of the Council and their Vice-Presidents. The members of the council, known as Departmental Councillors and 26 in number, are directly elected for a 6-year term in single seat constituencies; half of the seats are renewed every 3 years.
 Seal of the Departmental Council | |
| Formation | 1977 |
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| Country |  France∟ Mayotte |
| Website | www |
| Legislative & Executive | |
| Leader | President |
| Members | 26 |
| Term | 6 years |
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Mayotte became an overseas department and an overseas region in 2011, ending its previous unique transitional status of departmental collectivity. Until March 2015 the assembly of a department of France was known as a General Council (French: Conseil Général).
Structure
Plenary assembly
The council gathers in assembly at least once per trimester. All debates and archives are public; however, the president or 5 members can ask for a session to be private regarding a certain matter.[1]
Special commissions
In addition to the assembly, there are six commissions whose advice will be seek on the following matters:
- Finances & Economic Development
- Development, Environment & Living Environment
- Health, Social Action & General Administration
- Training & Integration
- Culture, Youth & Sports
- Decentralized Cooperation & Institutional Life
If needed, a commission can propose to the assembly an amendment on a project.
Other bodies
The Departmental council also comprises two more councils, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESEM)[2] and the Culture, Environment and Education Council (CCEEM),[3] which are consultative assemblies whose role is to advise the elected assembly and the president on the subjects they represent. The CCEEM is composed of 22 unlected members coming from 4 middle schools of the collectivity, with a renewable term of 6 years.
Presidents of the Council
Presidents of the General Council (1977–2015)
- Younoussa Bamana: 6 July 1977 – March 1991
- Hamissi Assani: March – April 1991
- Younoussa Bamana: 18 April 1991 – 2 April 2004
- Saïd Omar Oili: 2 April 2004[4] – 28 February 2008
- Ahmed Attoumani Douchina: 20 March 2008[5] – 3 April 2011
- Daniel Zaïdani: 3 April 2011 – 2 April 2015
Presidents of the Departmental Council (2015–present)
- Soibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani: 2 April 2015 – 1 July 2021
- Ben Issa Ousseni: 1 July 2021 – present
References
- Department of Mayotte. "The institutions of the Department". cg976.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- Department of Mayotte. "The Economic, Social and Environmental Council". cg976.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- Department of Mayotte. "The Culture, Environment and Education Council". cg976.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- "Mayotte Archived 2009-03-11 at the Wayback Machine". The World Factbook.
- Ahmed Attoumani Douchina élu président du Conseil général de Mayotte