Departmental Council of Mayotte

Departmental Council of Mayotte
Conseil départemental de Mayotte

Seal of the Departmental Council
Formation	1977 (1977)
Country	France  ∟ Mayotte
Website	www.cg976.fr
Legislative & Executive
Leader	President
Members	26
Term	6 years

Politics of Mayotte
Prefect Jean-François Colombet Departmental Council President Ben Issa Ousseni Political parties Recent elections Legislative: 2008 2011 2015 2021 Status referendums: 1976 2000 2009
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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. It also exercises the responsibilities of a regional council.

Mayotte became an overseas department and region and a single territorial collectivity 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).