Pouvoir exécutif: chef d'état (Président): Président Jacques CHIRAC of France (depuis 17 May 1995); Prefect Yves DASSONVILLE (depuis 14 January 2004); note - took office 8 February 2004
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Président of the General Council Claude LISE (depuis 22 March 1992); Président of the Regional Council Alfred MARIE-JEANNE (depuis NA March 1998)
cabinet: NA
elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; the presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils for six-year terms
Source: CIA World Factbook - Version du Décembre 1, 2006
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