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Gabriel Serville (born 27 September 1959) is a French-Guianese politician who was elected to the French National Assembly on 16 June 2012 representing French Guiana's 1st constituency. [1] On 2 July 2021, he was elected President of the Assembly of French Guiana .
The penal colony of Cayenne (French: Bagne de Cayenne), commonly known as Devil's Island (Île du Diable), was a French penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially closed in 1953, in the Salvation Islands of French Guiana. Opened in 1852, the Devil's Island system received convicts from the Prison of St-Laurent ...
Devil's Island (French: Île du Diable) is the smallest of the Salvation Islands, an island group in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately 14 km (9 mi) off the coast of French Guiana in South America just north of the town of Kourou. It has an area of 14 ha (34.6 acres).
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 [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]
Salvation Islands Map of Salvation Islands and their location.. The Salvation Islands (French: Îles du Salut, so called because the missionaries went there to escape plague on the mainland), sometimes mistakenly [citation needed] called the Safety Islands, are a group of small islands of volcanic [citation needed] origin about 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) off the coast of French Guiana ...
The president of the General Council of French Guiana (French: Présidents du conseil général de la Guyane) presides over the nineteen seat General Council of French Guiana. List of presidents of the General Council
Davy Rimane (born 15 December 1979) is a French politician and labor activist. Rimane was elected to represent French Guiana's 2nd constituency in the 2022 French legislative election. He had previously contested the seat in the 2017 legislation election as well as the 2018 by-election. [1]