Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Regional council of Languedoc-Roussillon was the deliberative assembly of the former French region of Languedoc-Roussillon, local authority decentralized acting on the regional territory. It was headquartered in Montpellier,^[1] in a Hôtel built in 1988 by Ricardo Bofill,^[2] overlooking the Lez (from its left bank) and the Place de l'Europe in the continuity of the Antigone district.^[3]

Logo of the Regional Council

Damien Alary (PS), chaired the September 29, 2014, following the death of Christian Bourquin (PS),^[4] himself succeeding the death of Georges Frêche^[5] on October 24, 2010, to December 31, 2015, when the region merged with the Midi-Pyrénées region within the newly created Occitanie region.

Presidents of the Regional Council

• Francis Vals (1974 - June 27, 1974)^[6]
• Edgar Tailhades (1974 - 1983)^[7]
• Robert Capdeville (1983 - 1986)^[8]
• Jacques Blanc (1986 - 2004)^[9]
• Georges Frêche (March 28, 2004 - October 24, 2010)^[10]
• Christian Bourquin (November 10, 2010 - August 26, 2014)^[5]
• Damien Alary (September 29, 2014 - December 31, 2015)^[4]