title: Politics of Île-de-France
text: # Politics of Île-de-France
  
  The politics of Île-de-France, France takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Council is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the regional council.
  
  ## Executive
  
  The executive of the region is led by the President of the regional council.
  
  ### List of presidents
  
  | Period | Period | Identity | Political Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1976 | 1988 | Michel Giraud (1929-2011) | RPR |
  | 1988 | 1992 | Pierre-Charles Krieg (1922-1998) | RPR |
  | 1992 | 1998 | Michel Giraud (1929-2011) | RPR |
  | 1998 | 2015 | Jean-Paul Huchon (1946-) | PS |
  | 2015 | July 3, 2021 | Valérie Pécresse (1967-) | LR, then SL |
  | 2021 | Ongoing (as of July 20, 2021) | Valérie Pécresse (1967-) | SL |
  
  ## Legislative branch
  
  The Regional Council of Île-de-France (Conseil régional d'Île-de-France) is composed of 209 councillors, elected by proportional representation in a two-round system. The winning list in the second round is automatically entitled to a quarter of the seats. The remainder of the seats are allocated through proportional representation with a 5% threshold.
  
  The Council is elected for a six-year term.
  
  ### Current composition
  
  List of political groups in the council :
  
  | Party | Acronym | Elected | Group |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Majority (125 seats) |||||
  | The Republicans | LR | 59 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | Miscellaneous right | DVD | 14 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | Soyons Libres | SL | 11 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | Democratic Movement | MoDem | 8 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | La France Audacieuse | LFA | 2 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | Radical Movement | MR | 2 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | Agir | Agir | 2 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | The Centrists | LC | 1 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | Union of Democrats and Ecologists | UDE | 1 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | Independent Ecological Movement | MEI | 1 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | La France Vraiment | LFV | 1 | Île-de-France gathered (102 seats) |
  | Union of Democrats and Independents | UDI | 23 | UDI (23 seats) |
  | Opposition (84 seats) |||||
  | Europe Ecology - The Greens | EELV | 11 | Ecologist pole (18 seats) |
  | Génération.s | G s | 5 | Ecologist pole (18 seats) |
  | Cap Écologie | CE | 1 | Ecologist pole (18 seats) |
  | Ecology Generation | GÉ | 1 | Ecologist pole (18 seats) |
  | Socialist Party | PS | 15 | Île-de-France in common (18 seats) |
  | Radical Party of the Left | PRG | 1 | Île-de-France in common (18 seats) |
  | Miscellaneous left | DVG | 1 | Île-de-France in common (18 seats) |
  | Les Écolos Solidaires | LÉS | 1 | Île-de-France in common (18 seats) |
  | La France Insoumise | LFI | 9 | LFI and related (17 seats) |
  | French Communist Party | PCF | 7 | LFI and related (17 seats) |
  | Animalist Party | PA | 1 | LFI and related (17 seats) |
  | National Rally | RN | 15 | RN Ile-de-France (16 seats) |
  | L'Avenir Français | LAF | 1 | RN Ile-de-France (16 seats) |
  | La République En Marche! | LREM | 9 | Presidential majority (15 seats) |
  | Democratic movement | MoDem | 4 | Presidential majority (15 seats) |
  | Territories of Progress | TdP | 1 | Presidential majority (15 seats) |
  | Agir | Agir | 1 | Presidential majority (15 seats) |
  