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French Guiana [a] is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies.Bordered by Suriname to the west and Brazil to the east and south, French Guiana covers a total area of 84,000 km 2 (32,000 sq mi) [2] [3] [7] and a land area of 83,534 km 2 (32,253 sq mi). [3]
The President of France appoints a prefect (resident at the prefecture building in Cayenne) as his representative to head the local government of French Guiana. The Assembly of French Guiana replaced the General Council and the Regional Council in 2016. As of 2020 the prefect is Thierry Queffelec. [1]
It was first elected in 2015, replacing the General Council of French Guiana and the Regional Council of French Guiana. It was established after a 2010 referendum changed the government structure to a single territorial collectivity. [1] It currently has 55 members. [2] The current president, Gabriel Serville, was elected to a six-year term in ...
French Guiana is not a separate territory but a region of France. France has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. For further details see the article: Politics of France.
Category: Government of French Guiana. 2 languages. ... Colonial and departmental heads of French Guiana (2 C, 1 P) P. Political office-holders in French Guiana (6 C)
The government of the French colony of French Guiana was headed by a governor until 1946, when the territory became an overseas department of France. [ 1 ] Governors of Guiana during the Portuguese occupation (1809-1817)
French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France. Brazilian or Portuguese Guiana, now the Amapá State of Brazil. The three Guianas proper have a combined population of 1,718,651; Guyana: 804,567, Suriname: 612,985, and French Guiana: 301,099 [1] [2] Most of the population is along the coast. Due to the jungles to the south, the ...
French Guiana elects a legislature on the regional and departmental level. The legislature consists of two councils with diverging powers. The Regional Council (Conseil régional) has 31 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation.