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Note: The regions were originally created on 28 Oct 1956 as "program regions" (régions de programme). On 2 Jun 1960 they were upgraded to "circles for regional action" (circonscriptions d'action régionale). A decree of 14 Mar 1964 created in each region a Regional Economic Development Commission (Commission de Développement Économique Régional),
which by an act of 5 Jul 1972 (implementation of which was initiated 1 Oct 1973) became the Regional Council (Conseil Régional). At the same time the overseas départements were given regional status. The first presidents of the councils were elected between Dec 1973 and Feb 1974. The powers of the councils were significantly upgraded after their first direct
elections which took place 16 Mar 1986 (in the overseas regions and Corse already 20 Feb 1983). 

Party abbreviations: CDP = Centre Démocratie et Progrès (Democracy and Progress Center); 
CDS = Centre des Démocrates Sociaux (Center of Social Democrats);
CNIP = Centre National des Indépendants et Paysans (National Center of Farmers and the Self-employed); DD = Divers Droite (Various Right parties, association of small rightist parties); DG = Divers Gauche (Various Left parties); FD = Force Démocrate (Democratic Force); MDR = Mouvement des Réformateurs (Movement of Reformists, est.1992); MDSF = Mouvement Démocrate Socialiste de France (French Democratic Socialist Movement); MRG = Mouvement des Radicaux de Gauche (Movement of the Radicals of Left); PCF = Parti Communiste Français (French Communist Party); PR = Parti Républicain (Republican Party, center-right); PS = Parti Socialiste (Socialist Party, social-democratic); PSD = Parti Social Démocrate (Social Democratic Party); PV = Parti Verts (Green Party, ecologists); UC = Union Centriste (Centerist Union, parliamentary group, majority of members belong to CDS, FD, or UDF); UDF = Union pour la Démocratie Française (Union for the French Democracy [Démocratie Libérale, Force Démocrate, Parti Populaire pour la Démocratie Français, Parti Radical and others - the DL left the Alliance]); UMP = Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement [to 17 Nov 2002: Union for the Presidential Majority], conservative, est.23 Apr 2002 from RPR, DL and the main part of UDF);
- Former parties: DL
= Démocratie Libérale (Liberal Democracy, conservative, center-right, merged into UMP in 2002); MR = Mouvement Réformateur (Reformist Movement, formed by Centre Démoctate, Parti Radical, Centre Républicain and Parti de la Démocratie Socialiste in 1971);
RI = Fédération Nationale des Républicains Indépendants (National Federation of Independent Republicans, non-Gaulist conservative); RPR = Rassemblement Pour la République (Rally for the Republic, Gaulist, conservative, 1976-2002 successor to UDR, merged into UMP); UDR = Union des Démocrates pour la Cinquième République (Union of Democrats for the 5th Republic, successor to UNR 1967-1976)



Alsace
 
[Alsace]
                      Region flag
[Alsace Regional Council flag]
              Regional Council flag

Presidents of the Regional Council
1974 - 1976                André Bord                         (b. 1922)            UDR
1976 - 1980                Pierre Schiélé                     (b. 1925)       CDS;1978 UDF/CDS
1980 - 23 Mar 1996         Marcel Rudloff                     (b. 1923 - d. 1996)  UDF/CDS
23 Mar 1996 - 10 Apr 1996  Hubert Haenel (acting)             (b. 1942)            UDF
10 Apr 1996 -              Adrien Zeller                      (b. 1940)        UDF/FD;2002 UMP



Aquitaine
 
[Region Aquitaine]
                     Region flag
[Aquitane Regional Council flag]
              Regional Council flag

Presidents of the Regional Council
1974 - 1979                Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1st time)   (b. 1915 - d. 2000) UDR;1976 RPR
1979 - 1981                André Labarrère                    (b. 1928 - d. 2006)  PS
1981 - 1985                Philippe Madrelle                  (b. 1937)            PS
1985 - 17 Jun 1988         Jacques Chaban-Delmas (2nd time)   (s.a.)               RPR
17 Jun 1988 - 11 Jul 1988  Jean François-Poncet (acting)      (b. 1928)            UDF
11 Jul 1988 - 27 Mar 1992  Jean Tavernier                     (b. 1928)            RPR
27 Mar 1992 - 20 Mar 1998  Jacques Valade                     (b. 1930)            UDF/PR
20 Mar 1998 -              Alain Rousset                      (b. 1951)            PS



Auvergne
 
[Auvergne]
                     Region flag
[Auvergne Regional Council flag]
              Regional Council flag

Presidents of the Regional Council
1974 - 1977                Jean Morellon                      (b. 1921)            RI
1977 - 1986                Maurice Pourchon                   (b. 1936)            PS
21 Mar 1986 -  2 Apr 2004  Valéry Giscard d'Estaing           (b. 1926)           UDF;2002 UMP
 2 Apr 2004 - 18 Jan 2006  Pierre-Joël Bonté                  (b. 1946 - d. 2006)  PS
18 Jan 2006 -              René Souchon                       (b. 1943)            PS
                             (acting to 13 Feb 2006)



Basse-Normandie  (Lower Normandy)
 
[Flag of Basse-Normandie]
                     Region flag
[Basse Normandie Former Regional Council flag]
          Regional Council flag to 2006
[Basse Normandie Regional Council flag]
    Regional Council flag Adopted 2006

Presidents of the Regional Council
1974                       Michel d'Ornano (1st time)         (b. 1924 - d. 1991)  RI
1974 - 1978                Léon Jozeau-Marigné (1st time)     (b. 1909 - d. 2003)  RI
1978 - 1982                Paul German                                             DR
1982 - 1983                Léon Jozeau-Marigné (2nd time)     (s.a.)               CNIP
1983 - 1986                Michel d'Ornano (2nd time)         (s.a.)               PR
21 Mar 1986 -  2 Apr 2004  René Garrec                        (b. 1934)        UDF/PR;1998 
                                                                                  DL;2002 UMP 
 2 Apr 2004 -  3 Apr 2008  Philippe Duron                     (b. 1947)            PS
 3 Apr 2008 -              Laurent Beauvais                   (b. 1952
)            PS



Bourgogne (Burgundy)
 
[Region Burgundy]
                      Region flag
[Bourgogne regional flag, 1982]
      Regional Council flag 1982 - 1983
[Bourgogne regional flag, 1983]
       Regional Council flag 1983 - 1984
[Bourgogne Regional Council flag]
     Regional Council flag Adopted 1984

Presidents of the Regional Council
1974 - 1978                Jean Chamant                       (b. 1913)            RI
1978 - 1979                Marcel Lucotte (1st time)          (b. 1922 - d. 2000)  RI
1979 - 1982                Pierre Joxe                        (b. 1934)            PS
1982 - 1983                André Billardon                    (b. 1940)            PS
1983 - 1985                Frédéric Lescure                   (b. 1904)            PS
1985 - 1986                Marcel Lucotte (2nd time)          (s.a.)               UDF/PR 
21 Mar 1986 - 27 Mar 1992  Raymond Janot                      (b. 1917 - d. 2000)  UDF
27 Mar 1992 - 13 Apr 1993  Jean-Pierre Soisson (1st time)     (b. 1934)            MDR
13 Apr 1993 - 20 Mar 1998  Jean-François Bazin                (b. 1942)            RPR 
20 Mar 1998 -  2 Apr 2004  Jean-Pierre Soisson (2nd time)     (s.a.)              MDR;2002 UMP
 2 Apr 2004 -              François Patriat                   (b. 1943)            PS



Bretagne (Brittany)
 
[Region Bretagne]
       Region flag Adopted 30 Jun 1997
 
[Bretagne Regional Council flag 1988-2006]
     Regional Council flag 1988 - 2006
 
[Bretange Regional Council flag]
    Regional Council flag Adopted 2006
 
Hear Local Anthem
"Bro Goz ma Zadoù"
(Land of My Fathers) 
Text of Anthem
Adopted 1903

Presidents of the Regional Council
1974 - 1976                René Pleven                        (b. 1901 - d. 1993)  CDP
1976 - 1978                André Colin                        (b. 1910 - d. 1978)  CDS
1978 - 1986                Raymond Marcellin                  (b. 1914 - d. 2004)  UDF/PR
21 Mar 1986 - 20 Mar 1998  Yvon Bourges                       (b. 1921)            RPR
20 Mar 1998 -  2 Apr 2004  Josselin de Rohan                  (b. 1938)           RPR;2002 UMP
 2 Apr 2004 -              Jean-Yves Le Drian                 (b. 1947)            PS



Centre
 
                     Region flag
[Centre Regional Council Former flag]
            Regional Council flag to 2006
[Centre Regional Council flag]
    Regional Council flag Adopted 2006

Presidents of the Regional Council
1974 - 1976                Raymond Boisdé                     (b. 1899 - d. 1981)  RI
1976 - 1979                Pierre Sudreau                     (b. 1919)            UDF
1979 - 1983                Jean Delaneau                      (b. 1933)            UDF/PR
1983 - 1985                Daniel Bernardet                   (b. 1927 - d. 2007)  UDF/CDS 
1985 - 20 Mar 1998         Maurice Dousset                    (b. 1930 - d. 2007)  UDF/PR
20 Mar 1998 -  6 Apr 1998  Bernard Harang                     (b. 1947)            UDF/DL 
 6 Apr 1998 - 14 Apr 2000  Michel Sapin (1st time)            (b. 1952)            PS
14 Apr 2000 - 21 Apr 2000  Jean Germain (1st time)(acting)    (b. 1947)            PS
21 Apr 2000 -  2 Apr 2004  Alain Rafesthain                   (b. 1942)            PS
 2 Apr 2004 - 12 Aug 2007  Michel Sapin (2nd time)            (s.a.)               PS
12 Aug 2007 -  7 Sep 2007  Jean Germain (2nd time)(acting)    (s.a.)               PS
 7 Sep 2007 -              François Bonneau                   (b. 1953)            PS


Champagne-Ardenne

 
[Champagne]
                     Region flag
[Champagne Ardenne Regional Council flag]
     Regional Council flag Adopted 1987

Presidents of the Regional Council
1974 - 1981                Jacques Sourdille                  (b. 1922 - d. 1996) UDR;1976 RPR
1981 - 12 Jul 1988         Bernard Stasi                      (b. 1930)            UDF/CDS 
12 Jul 1988 - 20 Mar 1998  Jean Kaltenbach                    (b. 1927)            RPR
20 Mar 1998 -  2 Apr 2004  Jean-Claude Étienne                (b. 1941)           RPR;2002 UMP
 2 Apr 2004 -              Jean-Paul Bachy                    (b. 1947)            PS


Corsica (Corse)
 
[Corisca 'stainless flag of the Virgin' (1735-1762)]
                       1735 - 1762 
 
 
King Teodoro's merchant flag 1736
               Kingdom Merchant Flag 
                Apr 1736 - Nov 1736
     
                  1762 - 13 Jun 1769; 
           15 Jun 1794 - 15 Oct 1796;
      12-27 Apr 1814;  Re-adopted 1980
   
Merchant Flag 1794-1796
              Kingdom Merchant Flag 
             19 Jun 1794 - 15 Oct 1796
 
[Corse Former Regional Council flag]
         Regional Council Flag to 2006
   
[Corsica Regional Council flag]
    Regional Council Flag Adopted 2006
 


Map of Corsica
Hear Local Anthem
"Dio vi Salve Regina"
(Hymn to the Virgin Mary) 
Text of  Local Anthem
Adopted 8 Jan 1735
1755 Constitution
(18 Nov 1755-1769)
------------------------
1794 Constitution
(19 Jun 1794-1796; in Italian)
Capital: Ajaccio
(Bastia 1383-1755, 1769-91;
Corte 1755-1769)
Currency: Euro (EUR);
to 1 Jan 2002 French
Franc (FRF)
National Holiday: 14 Jul (1789)
Bastille Day
---------------------------
Local Holiday: 8 Dec
 Immaculate Conception Day
Population: 279,440 (2007)

259 BC - 456 AD            Part of Roman Empire.
456 - 500                  Part of Kingdom of the Vandals.
500 - 534                  Occupied by Ostrogoths.
534                        Part of Byzantine Empire.
559 - 562                  Occupied by Ostrogoths.
575 - 774                  Under Lombard rule.
774 - 8..                  Frankish rule.
972                        Part of Holy Roman Empire.
1002                       Republic proclaimed.
c.1050                     Under Genoa.
1077 - 1098                Papal rule, with the Bishops of Pisa as legates.
1098 - 1288                Under rule of Pisa.
1285                       Under Genoa.
17 Feb 1297 - 1358         Aragón invasions; the king assumes the style of king of Corsica;
                             Genoa opposes Aragón to 1347.
1347 - 1394                Pisa claims Corsica.
1392 - 1396                Above powers opposed by Arrigo Della Rocca who declares
                             himself count of Corsica.
1401 - 1409                Occupied by France.
1464 - 1479                Under suzerainty of Duchy of Milan.
23 Aug 1553 -  3 Apr 1559  Occupied by France.
 3 Apr 1559                Corsica is acquired by the Genoese Bank styled
                             Uffizio di San Giorgio (see Genoa).
12 Jun 1564 -  1 Apr 1569  Insurrection under a leader styled generale.
1637                       The heads of state of Genoa assume the style of king of Corsica.
22 Dec 1730                Insurrections begin, under leaders styled generale.
30 Jan 1735                Independence of the Kingdom of Corsica proclaimed.
15 Mar 1736 - 10 Jul 1739  Adventurer styled king of Corsica (continues in exile, with
                             renewed attempt in 1743).
 8 Feb 1738 - Nov 1741     Partial French occupation.
 7 Jun 1746                Independence proclaimed, not recognized by Genoa.
May 1748 -  4 Apr 1753     Partial French occupation.
1751                       Uffizio di San Giorgio resumes control.
Feb 1753                   Independence proclaimed (Corsican Nation).
17 Jul 1755                Independence declared by Paoli. 
 6 Aug 1764                France is authorized by Genoa to occupy 5 of the 6 coastal
                             fortresses (Ajaccio, Algajola, Bastia, Calvi and
                             San Fiurenzu).
15 May 1768                Genoa gives France de facto authority over Corsica
                             (ratified 28 May 1768).
13 Jun 1769                Corsican Nation extinguished.
30 Nov 1789                Corsica formally incorporated into France.
26 Feb 1790                Corse département established.
11 Aug 1793                Corse split into départements of Golo (corresponding to
                             modern Haute-Corse) and Liamone (modern Corse-du-Sud).
15 Jun 1794                Corsican Nation re-established under British control.
19 Jun 1794                Kingdom of Corsica under the British king.
15 Oct 1796                Definitive incorporation into France.
19 Apr 1811                Golo and Liamone départements reunited as Corse.
12 Apr 1814                Provisional Government Committee of the Kingdom of Corsica
                             is established in Bastia.
27 Apr 1814                Corsica accepts British protection.
18 Jun 1814                Corsica is returned to France.
11 Jul 1940                Under rule of "Vichy" France.
12 Nov 1942 -  9 Sep 1943  Occupied by Italy.
 9 Sep 1943 -  8 Oct 1943  Occupied by Germany.
 4 Oct 1943 - 1944         Administered by the Free French.
 9 Jan 1970                Corse Region established (previously part of
                             Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corse).
 1 Jan 1976                Corse département split into Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse.
 2 Mar 1982                Made a special status region with a directly elected
                             Regional Assembly.
13 May 1991                Status of collectivité territoriale, with a directly
                             elected Corsican Assembly and an Executive Council.

Rulers
7.. - 807                  ....
807 - 8..                  Hugo Colonna (in east Corsica)
828 - 834                  Bonifacio II de Tuscia
834 - 836                  ....
836 - 846                  Louis de Italia
846 - 850                  Adalbero de Tuscia e Lucca
850 - 935                  ....
Counts
972 - 9..                  N. de Riggieri
996 - 10..                 Hugo I
10.. - 1012                Andrea de Cinarca
1012 - 1020                Guglielmo Francesco de Massa
1020 - 1095                Hugo II
Governors
1012 - 1019                Guglielmo Malaspina 
1019                       Hugues Malaspina 
Papal Apostolic Legates
1077 - 1092                Landolfo, Bishop of Pisa
1092 - 1098                Daibert, Bishop of Pisa
Governors for Pisa
1098 - 1116                Oberto Brottaporada
1116 - 11..                Alberto Corso
11.. - 1174                Guglielmo I
1174 - 1191                Guido
1191 - 1214                Guglielmo II
1214 - 1239                ....
1239 - 1242                ....
1242 - bf.1258             Ansaldo de Mari
bf.1258 - 1269             Sinucello de Cinarca
1269 - 1280                Isnardo de Malaspina
1280 - 1288                Arriquccio de la Rocca
Justiciars
1280 - 1325                Sinucello Della Rocca
1336 - 1340                Attilio d'Attala -Lord
1340 - 1358                Guglielmo Della Rocca
(de facto) Lords (Aragónese vassals)
1340 - 1357                Guglielmo Della Rocca
1357                       Ghilfuccio d'Istria
1357 - 1401                Arrigo Della Rocca
1401                       Ghilfuccio d'Ornano
1401 - 1410                Francesco Della Rocca
 9 Jul 1404 - 1433         Vincentello Della Rocca
1434 - 1434                Giudice, baron d'Istria
Genoese Governors
1347 - 1362                Giovanni Boccanegra (in Calvi)
1362 - 1372                Tridano Della Torre
1365                       Giovanni de Maguera
1372 - 1378                Andrea Lomelino
                           + Luigi Tortosino
27 Aug 1378 - 1380         Council (Maona)
                           - Leonello Lomellini
                           - Luigi Tortonio 
                           - Giovanni de Maguera 
                           - Andrea Ficone
                           - Cristoforo Maruffo
1380                       Paolo Della Corvana ou Della Rovere
1380 - 1391                Leonello Lomellini (2nd time)
1391                       Corrado Della Corvana ou Della Rovere
1392 - 1396                Arrigo Della Rocca -Count
                             (in opposition)
1393                       Battista Zoaglia
1393 - 1398                Tomaso Panzano
1398 - 1404                Rafaello da Montaldo
1401                       Antonietto Adorno
1401 - 1404                Bartolomeo Grimaldi
1401 - 1406                Francesco Della Rocca 
                             (Deputy for France)
1403 - 1407                Ambroggio de Marini
1404 - 1407                Andrea Lomellini (1st time)
1406 - c.1420              Vincentello d'Istria 
                             (Count and Viceroy nominally for Aragon)
1407 - 1409                Leonello Lomellini (4th time)
1409 - 1416                Andrea Lomellini (2nd time)
1411 - 1416                Rafaello da Montaldo II
1416 - 1437                Abramo da Campofregoso
1437 - 1438                Antonio Montaldo (1st time)
                           + Nicolo da Montaldo (1st time)
1438 - 1443                Janus da Campofregoso
1443 - 1444                Antonio Montaldo (2nd time)
                           + Nicolo da Montaldo (2nd time)
1444                       Giovanni da Montaldo
1444 - 1446                Montaldo Parisi
1446 - 1447                Gregorio Adorno
1447 - 1448                Ludovico da Campofregoso
1449                       Pietro da Campofregoso
1450 - 1453                Galeazzo da Campofregoso
1453                       Pier Battista Doria
1453 - 1454                Salvago Salvago
1454                       Battistino Doria
1454 - 1455                Paolo Luiggi Maruffo
1455 - 1457                Urbano de Negro
1457                       Antonio Calvo
1457 - 1458                Antonio Manetto
1458 - 1459                Giovanni Lercaro
1459 - 1460                Giovanni da Levanto
1460 - 1461                Marco de Marini
1461 - 1464                Giovanni Vitale
1464                       Jacopo Bonarelli (1st time)
1464 - 1466                Francesco Manetta
                             (Milanese governor)
1466 - 1467                Maurizio Scotti
                             (Milanese governor)
1467 - 1468                Jacopo Bonarelli (2nd time)
                             (Milanese governor)
1468                       Giovanni Antonio Cotta (1st time)
                             (Milanese governor)
1468 - 1476                Battista Geraldino d'Amelia
                             (Milanese governor) (1st time)
1476 - 1477                Jacopo Bonarelli (2nd time)
                             (Milanese governor)
1477                       Giovanni Antonio Cotta (2nd time)
                             (Milanese governor) 
1477 - 1480                Battista Geraldino d'Amelia 
                             (2nd time)
1480                       Francesco Spinola
1480 - 1482                Tomassino da Campofregoso
1482 - 1483                Janus II da Campofregoso
1483                       Gherardo da Montagnana
1483 - 1485                Gerard -Count
1483 - 1484                Matteo Fieschi
1484 - 1485                Francesco Panmilio 
1485 - 1486                Alessandro de Negroni
1486 - 1487                Agostino Zoaglia
1487 - 1489                Commissioners-general
                           - Baliano de Fornari
                           - Cattaneo de Marini
                           - Giovanni di Gualeggia
                           - Domenico Spinola
                           - Raffaello de Grimaldi
1489                       Ambroggio de Negro -Commissioner
1489 - 1491                Gasparo da Santopietro
1491 - 1494                Galeazzo da Levanto
1494 - 1496                Jacopo da Viceto
1496 - 1498                Geronimo da Talliano
1498 - 1500                Rolando de Fornari
1500 - 1501                Cristofaro Centurione 
1501 - 1502                Bartolomeo Giustiniani
1502 - 1503                Domenico Lercaro
1503 - 1504                Niccolo Doria
1504 - 1506                Lazaro Picchinoto
1506 - 1507                Ambroggio Salvago
1507                       Francesco Giustiniani
1508 - 1509                Emmanuelle de Grimaldi
1509 - 1510                Raffaello de Canevali 
1510 - 1512                Giovanni Doria
1512 - 1513                Tomasso Bulgaro
1513 - 1514                Francesco Salvago
1514                       Cipriano Foglietta
1514 - 1516                Leonello Lercaro
1516 - 1517                Raffaello Doria
1517 - 1519                Giovanni de Passano
1519 - 1520                Giovanni Battista de Negro
1520 - 1521                Antonio da Roveroto 
1521 - 1522                Andrea Spinola
1522 - 1523                Badassare Adorno
1523 - 1524                Giovanni Battista Lomellini 
1524 - 1525                Girolamo da Rapallo
1525 - 1526                Giovanni Battista Doria
1526 - 1527                Battista da Varese
1527 - 1528                Giovanni Salvago
1528 - 1529                Sebastiano Doria
1529 - 1530                Cosimo Damiano Giustiniani
1530 - 1532                Pier Giovanni Salvago
1532 - 1533                Agostino de Negro
1533 - 1534                Matteo Trucco
1534 - 1535                Leonardo Cattaneo
1535 - 1537                Francesco da Vercelli
1537 - 1538                Battista et Vincenzo Zoaglia
1538 - 1539                Niccolo Salvago
1540 - 1451                Francesco Lucciardo
1541 - 1543                Paolo Lasagna 
1543 - 1544                Giovanni Salvago
1544 - 1545                Domenico Cuccarello (de Franchi)
1545 - 1546                Niccolo Imperiale
1546 - 1548                Benedetto Pernice
1548 - 1549                Giovanni Maria Spinola
1549 - 1550                Paolo Gregorio Raggio
1550 - 1551                Eccelino Spinola
1551 - 1552                Francesco Passagio
1552 - 1553                Lamba Doria
1553                       Marsilio Fieschi
Commissioners-general
1553 - 1554                Bernardo Castagna 
                           + Paolo Vincenzio Lomellini
1554                       Luciano Spinola -Commissioner
1554 - 1556                Domenico Doria 
                           + Domenico de Franchi
                           + Cristofaro Pallavicini 
                           + Geronimo Pallavicini 
                           + Francesco Saoli
                           + Antonio de Fornari (1st time)
1556 - 1557                Antonio de Fornari
                           Agostino Spinola (2nd time)
                           + Benedetto Spinola
1557 - 1559                Giorgio Doria -Commissioner
                           + Francesco de Fornari
                           + Ambroggio Spinola
1559 - 1560                Giovanni Battista Grimaldi
                           + Pelegro Rebuffo
                           + Cristoforo Saoli
                           + Andrea Imperiale
Governors
1560 - 1561                Gasparo Dell'Oliva
1561 - 1562                Nicolo Ceba
1562 - 1565                Commissioners
                           - Gasparo Dell'Oliva
                           - Cristofaro de Fornari
                           - Francesco Lomellini
                           - Giuliano Saoli
                           - Giorgio Doria
1565 - 1566                Stefano Doria
1566 - 1567                Giovanni Pietro Vivaldi
1567 - 1569                Francesco de Fornari
1569 - 1570                Giorgio Doria
1570 - 1571                Giovanni Antonio Basadone
1571 - 1574                Meliaducce Uso di Mare
1572                       Benedetto Carnevaro Fieschi
1573 - 1574                Giovanni Antonio Pallavicini
1575 - 1576                Agostino Doria
1576 - 1577                Andrea Centurione
1577 - 1579                Tomaso Carbone
1579 - 1580                Giovanni Maruffo
1580 - 1582                Pier Battista Cattaneo
                             (1st time)
1582 - 1584                Stefano de Passano
1584 - 1585                Cattaneo de Marini
1585 - 1586                Pier Battista Cattaneo
                             (2nd time)
1586 - 1588                Francesco Montebruno 
1588 - 1589                Lorenzo de Negroni 
1589 - 1591                Filippo de Passano
1591 - 1592                Agostino Doria
1592 - 1593                Stafano Spinola
1593 - 1595                Nicolo Fieschi (1st time)
1595 - 1597                Geronimo Assereto
1597 - 1599                Carlo Pallavicini
1599 - 1601                Marco Antonio Giustiniani
                             (1st time)
1601 - 1602                Nicolo Fieschi (2nd time)
1602 - 1603                Marco Antonio Giustiniani
                             (2nd time)
1603 - 1604                Avelino Lercaro
1604 - 1606                Domenico Della Torre
1606 - 1608                Agostino Pallavicini
1608 - 1609                Raffaello Giustiniani
1609 - 1611                Giovanni Pietro Serra
1611 - 1613                Giovanni Battista Durazzo
1613 - 1615                Giorgio Centurione
1615 - 1616                Stefano Rivarolla
1616 - 1617                Francesco de Marini
1617 - 1619                Francesco Spinola
1619 - 1621                Camilio Moneglia
1621 - 1622                Mario Spinola
1622                       Francesco Calvo
1623 - 1625                Marco Aurelio Oderigo
1625 - 1627                Geronimo Lercaro
1627 - 1629                Giulio Saoli
1629 - 1631                Domenico Centurione
                           + Giovanni Andrea Gentile
1631 - 1633                Giovanni Michele Zoaglia
1633 - 1635                Baldassare Giustiniani
1635 - 1637                Constantiono Doria
1637 - 1639                Giovanni Battista Lasagna
1639 - 1641                Agostino Centurione
1641 - 1643                Benedetto Viale
1643 - 1645                Francesco Imperiale
1645 - 1647                Cesare Durazzo
1647 - 1649                Francesco Maria Lomellini
                             (1st time)
1649 - 1651                Giovanni Bernardo Veneroso
1651 - 1653                Giovanni Battista Cicala
1653 - 1654                Domenico de Franchi
1654 - 1658                Matteo Durazzo
1658 - 1662                Francesco Maria Lomellini
                             (2nd time)
1662 - 1664                Giovanni Francesco Saoli
1664 - 1666                Cristoforo Spinola
1666 - 1669                Giorgio Zoaglia 
1669 - 1671                Federico Imperiale 
1671 - 1672                Carlo Emmanuele Durazzo
1672 - 1674                Giovanni Andrea Spinola
1674 - 1676                Geronimo Caramagnola 
1676 - 1678                Visconte Cicala
1678 - 1680                Bernardo Ballano
1680 - 1682                Giovanni Battista Della Rovere
1682 - 1685                Giovanni Giacomo Monza
1685 - 1687                Agostino de Franchi
1687 - 1689                Francesco Maria Doria
1689 - 1691                Giovanni Prato 
1691 - 1696                Gherardo Spinola 
1696 - 1700                Raffaello de Passano
1700 - 1702                Ottone de Fornari
1702 - 1704                Ettore de Fieschi
1704 - 1706                Filippo Doria
1706 - 1708                Filippo Adorno
1708 - 1710                Geronimo Venoroso 
1710 - 1711                Filippo Cattaneo de Marini
1711 - 1714                Nigrone Rivarola 
1714 - 1716                Paolo Francesco Spinola
1716 - 1717                Marco Aurelio Rebuffo
1717 - 1719                Giovanni Stefano Spinola
1719 - 1721                Bartolomeo Passano
1721 - 1722                Agostino Spinola
1722 - 1724                Antonio de Negroni (1st time)
1724 - 1726                Nicolo Durazzo
1726 - 1728                Antonio de Negroni (2nd time)
1728 - 1729                Alessandro Saluzzo
1729 - 10 Jun 1730         Felice Pinelli (1st time)
10 Jun 1730 - 26 Jan 1731  Giovanni Francesco Gropallo
26 Jan 1731 - 1731         Carlo de Fornari 
10 Aug 1731 - 173.         Camilio Doria
Mar 1732 - Jul 1733        Paolo Battista Rivarola 
Commissioners-general
Jul 1733 - Aug 1734        Paolo Gironimo Pallavicini
Aug 1734 - Jun 1735        Pier Maria Giustiniani (1st time)
                           + Ugo Fieschi
Jun 1735 - 20 Jan 1736     Felice Pinelli (2nd time)
20 Jan 1736 - Jan 1738     Paolo Battista Rivarola 
Jan 1738 -  1 Jul 1740     Giovanni Battista de Mari
 1 Jul 1740 - 21 Feb 1743  Domenico Maria Spinola              (b. 1666 - d. 1743)
21 Feb 1743 - Jun 1743     Gian Benedetto Sperone (acting)
Jun 1743 - 25 Oct 1745     Pier Maria Giustiniani (2nd time)
25 Oct 1745 -  3 Jul 1751  Stefano de Mari
 3 Jul 1751 - Aug 1755     Giovanni Giacomo Grimaldi
Aug 1755 - Jan 1759        Guiseppe Maria Doria
Jan 1759 - 16 Jul 1760     Gian Battista de Sopranis
16 Jul 1760 - 29 Jul 1761  Domenico Invrea
29 Jul 1761 - 14 Sep 1764  Giovani Battista Saoli
14 Sep 1764 - 1768         Agostino Sperone
Generals
22 Dec 1730 - May 1732     Carlo Francesco Raffaelli
                           (styled generalissimo, but playing no leading part)
                           + Luigi Giafferi
                           + Andrea Colonna Ceccaldi
12 Jan 1734 - 173.         Giacinto Paoli                     (b. 1702 - d. 1768)
                           + Luigi Giafferi
                           (from 12 May 1734)
30 Jan 1735 - 15 Mar 1736  Leaders of the Realm
                           - Giacinto Paoli                   (s.a.)
                           - Luigi Giafferi
                           - Andrea Colonna Ceccaldi
10 Aug 1735 - 173.         Luca Ornano
King
15 Mar 1736 - 10 Jul 1739  Teodoro I Antonio Stefano          (b. 1694 - d. 1756) 
                             (Theodor Anton Stephan Freiherr von Neuhof)
                             (1st time) 
10 Nov 1736 - 10 Jul 1739  Regency
                           - Giacinto Paoli                   (s.a.)
                           - Luigi Giafferi
                           - Luca Ornano
 1 Feb 1743 - 16 Mar 1743  Teodoro I Antonio Stefano          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
                            (Regency continues to at least 20 Jul 1743, and some
                             assemblies [Consulte] continue to proclaim loyalty to
                             Teodoro I as late as 24 Jun 1744)
French Commanders
 5 Feb 1738 -  1 Feb 1739  Louis de Frétat, comte de Boissieux(b. 1668 - d. 1739)
 1 Feb 1739 -  1 Mar 1739  de Sasselange (acting)
 1 Mar 1739 - 24 May 1741  Jean Baptiste François Desmarets,  (b. 1682 - d. 1762)
                             marquis de Maillebois
24 May 1741 -  9 Sep 1741  marquis de Villemur
Chairman of the Protectors
 7 Jun 1746 -  1 Aug 1751  Ignazio Venturini
                             (appointed 30 Aug 1745)
General Heads of the Nation
Jan 1753 -  2 Oct 1753     Conte Giovanni Pietro Gaffori      (b. 1710 - d. 1753)
22 Oct 1753 - 15 Jul 1755  Supreme Council
                           (chairman in rotation, in order given)
                           - Carlo Grimaldi
                           - Clemente Paoli
                           - Santucci Tomassio
                           - Simone Pietro Frediani
                           - ....
15 Jul 1755 - 13 Jun 1769  Filippo Antonio Pasquale Paoli     (b. 1725 - d. 1807)
10 Aug 1755 - Oct 1755     Mario Emanuele Matra (1st time)    (d. 1757)
                             (in rebellion)
Jan 1757 - 28 Mar 1757     Mario Emanuele Matra (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                             (in rebellion)
French Commanders
 6 Aug 1764 - 1768         Louis Charles René, comte de       (b. 1712 - d. 1786) 
                             Marbeuf (1st time)
1768                       François Claude, marquis de        (d. 1774)
                             Chauvelin
1768 - 1769                Louis Charles René, comte de       (s.a.) 
                             Marbeuf (acting) (2nd time)
1769 - 1770                Noël de Jourda, comte de Vaux,     (b. 1705 - d. 1788)
                             baron de Roche en Régnier et 
                             Velay, seigneur d'Youer et de
                             Saintes Vertus 
1770 -  3 Jul 1772         Louis Charles René, comte de       (s.a.)
                             Marbeuf (3rd time)
Governors
 3 Jul 1772 - 1772         Louis Charles René, comte de       (s.a.)
                             Marbeuf 
1772 - 1775                Jean François, Comte de Narbonne   (b. 1725 - d. 1804)
                            (acting)
1775 - 20 Sep 1786         Louis Charles René, comte de       (s.a.)
                             Marbeuf (and from 1778) marquis
                             de Cargèse 
1786 - Jul 1790            Armand Charles, vicomte de Barrin 
                             de la Galiissonière              (b. 1723 - d. ....)
Jul 1790 - 15 Jun 1794     Filippo Antonio Pasquale Paoli     (s.a.)
Intendants of Justice, Police and Finances of Bastia (charged with civil affairs)
1768 - 1771                Daniel Marc Antoine Chardon        (b. 1731 - d. ....)
1771 - 1775                Barthélemi de Colla de Pradine     (b. 1724 - d. ....)
 6 Apr 1775 -  4 Apr 1785  Claude François Bertrand de        (b. 1741 - d. 1794)
                             Boucheporn
1785 - 1789                François Nicolas de la Guillaumye
President of the Consulta
15 Jun 1794 - 19 Jun 1794  Filippo Antonio Pasquale Paoli     (s.a.)
                             (appointed 10 Jun 1794)
King
19 Jun 1794 - 15 Oct 1796  Giorgio                            (b. 1738 - d. 1820)
                             (George III of United Kingdom)
Lieutenant generals (Viceroys representing King Giorgio)
19 Jun 1794 - Oct 1794     Sir Charles Stuart                 (b. 1753 - d. 1801)
Oct 1794 - 15 Oct 1796     Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,  (b. 1751 - d. 1814)
                             Earl of Minto
Governor
Oct 1796 - 11 May 1803     Comte André-François Miot de Melito
                             (from 7 Jan 1801, general-administrator)
Prefect of Golu 
1801 - 1811                Antonio Giovanni Pietri
Prefects of Liamone 
 1 Apr 1800 - 1803         Jean-Baptiste Galeazzini
 9 Apr 1803 - 1811         Hyacinthe Arrighi de Casanova
Prefects of Corse
26 Aug 1811 - 1813         Hyacinthe Arrighi de Casanova
1813 - 1814                Alexandre-Henri Heim
15 Mar 1814 - 12 Apr 1814  François Xavier Giubega
                             (1st time)
Chairmen of the Provisional Government Committee
12 Apr 1814 - 27 Apr 1814  Giovanni Antonio Frediani de Vidau (b. 1754 - d. 1827)
Governor
27 Apr 1814 - 18 Jun 1814  Henri Montresor
Prefects of Corse
 1 Dec 1814 - 1815         Baron François Louis Joseph de 
                             Bourcier Montureaux
30 Mar 1815 - 1815         François Xavier Giubega
                             (2nd time) 
14 Jul 1815 - 1816         Louis Courbon de Saint Genes
14 Mar 1818 - 1819         Martin comte de Vignole 
15 Dec 1819 - 1820         Baron Alexandre Daniel de 
                             Talleyrand-Perigord
22 May 1820 - 1822         Claude François Eymard 
13 May 1822 - 1824         Antoine Louis Ange Elysée 
                             vicomte de Suleau 
29 Jun 1824 - 1828         Comte Gabriel Marie Jean Benoît de 
                             Lantivy Kerveno
 3 Mar 1828 - 1830         Joseph Jérôme Hilaire d'Angellier
27 Jun 1830 - 1830         Comte Marie Joseph Gabriel Xavier
                             conde Choiseul-Beaupre
 4 Sep 1830 - 1845         Honore Jourdan du Var
14 May 1845 - 1848         René Joseph Jean Frasneau 
Feb 1848 - 1848            Pierre Auguste Vogin et Pierre      (b. 1809 - d. 1864) 
                             Marie Pietri 
                             (Commissioner of the Government)
Apr 1848 - 1848            André Pozzo di Borgo
                             (Commissioner-general)
 2 Jun 1848 - 1849         Antoine Aubert                      (b. 1800 - d. 1882)
 3 Feb 1849 - 1852         Jean-Baptiste Olivier Jules César,  (b. 1804 - d. 1869)
                             comte Rivaud de la Raffinière 
 9 May 1852 - 1856         Constant Thuillier                  (b. 1815 - d. 1865)
 8 Apr 1856 - 1860         Alexis Félix Montois                (b. 1809 - d. 1883)
10 Jan 1860 - 1861         Jean Paul Gustave Segaud            (b. 1817 - d. 1865)
12 Mar 1861 - 1870         Louis Charles Germaine Géry         (b. 1820 - d. 1911)
31 Jan 1870 - 1870         Jacques Ernest Boyer                (b. 1814 - d. ....)
 7 Sep 1870 - 1871         Dominique François Ceccaldi         (b. 1833 - d. 1897) 
 7 Jan 1871 - 1871         Emmanuel Gustave Naquet             (b. 1819 - d. 1889)
23 Feb 1871 - 1872         Eugène Louis Lambert Paul Dhormoys  (b. 1828 - d. ....)
1871 - 1872                Charles Ferry
                             (Extraordinary Commissioner)
23 Apr 1872 - 1872         Jean-Baptiste Eugène Dauzon         (b. 1824 - d. ....)
 9 Aug 1872 - 1873         Antoine Charles Léon Daunassans     (b. 1826 - d. 1897)
                             (1st time)
15 Feb 1873 - 1873         Eugène René Poubelle                (b. 1831 - d. 1907)
26 May 1873 - 1873         François Antoine Alphonse Viviaux
30 May 1873 - 1875         Albert Souvestre                    (b. 1831 - d. ....)
28 Jan 1875 - 1877         Antoine Charles Léon Daunassans     (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
26 May 1877 - 1877         Emmanuel Louis Grandval             (b. 1819 - d. ....)
27 Dec 1877 - 1879         Eugène Schnerb                      (b. 1829 - d. 1897)
27 Mar 1879 - 1879         Paul Adrien, Baron d'Artigues       (b. 1841 - d. ....) 
18 Sep 1879 - 1880         Louis Albert Delasalle              (b. 1840 - d. 1886)
24 Jan 1880 - 1880         Charles Edgar Omer de Marçay        (b. 1842 - d. 1898)
15 Oct 1880 - 1881         Louis Gilbert Leguay                (b. 1839 - d. 1896)
16 Nov 1881 - 1882         Jean Joseph Arthur Gragnon          (b. 1844 - d. 1914)
19 Jul 1882 - 1882         Aristide Léopold Demangeat          (b. 1831 - d. ....)
13 Sep 1882 - 1884         Marie Lucien Justin Maurice André   (b. 1848 - d. ....)
                             de Tremontels 
22 Oct 1884 - 1885         Jules-Louis Dufresne                (b. 1840 - d. 1902)
10 May 1885 - 1885         Léon Barrabant                      (b. 1843 - d. ....)
 9 Dec 1885 - 1886         Emmanuel Joseph Georges Bes de Brec (b. 1847 - d. 1907)
 1 Dec 1886 - 1889         Auguste Fremont                     (b. 1846 - d. ....)
15 Jun 1889 - 1895         Jacques Marcel Bonnefoy-Sibour      (b. 1851 - d. 1919)
25 Oct 1895 - 1896         Charles Etienne Lutaud              (b. 1855 - d. 1921)
 1 Jan 1896 - 1896         Jules Adrien Jean Bonhoure          (b. 1860 - d. ....)
 7 Jun 1896 - 1897         Paul Joseph Boudier                 (b. 1854 - d. 1908)
 1 Oct 1897 - 1904         Jean Joseph Félix Cassaneau         (b. 1855 - d. ....)
15 Oct 1904 - 1905         Marcel François Delanney            (b. 1863 - d. 1944)
21 Jun 1905 - 1906         Jean Baptiste Pierre Ferdinand      (b. 1850 - d. ....)
                             Phellut
 1 Dec 1906 - 1909         Auguste Marie Joseph Chaleil        (b. 1865 - d. 1920)
21 Aug 1909 - 1910         Jacques Prosper Edmond Fabre        (b. 1866 - d. 1919)
 1 Nov 1910 - 1911         Claude Clément Buellet              (b. 1861 - d. 1925)
21 Jun 1911 - 1912         Hippolyte Juilliard                 (b. 1871 - d. 1926)
21 Mar 1912 - 1914         Louis Charles Thibon                (b. 1866 - d. 1940)
 1 Feb 1914 - 1914         Gabriel Marc Charles Olivier Brin   (b. 1865 - d. 1914)
29 Jul 1914 - 1918         Albert Marie Georges Henry          (b. 1868 - d. ....) 
 1 Jul 1918 - 1919         François Parfait Gaston Allain      (b. 1869 - d. ....)
 8 Feb 1919 - 1920         Théophile Noé Louis Barnier         (b. 1882 - d. ....)
16 Mar 1920 - 1921         Antoine Maurice Mounier             (b. 1873 - d. ....)
 5 Jun 1921 - 1924         Georges Félix Maurice Thomé         (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
 1 Aug 1924 - 1929         Louis Florentin Marlier             (b. 1877 - d. 1958)
11 Mar 1929 - 1930         Amédée Félix Bussière               (b. 1886 - d. 1953)
 7 Jun 1930 - 1935         Joseph Paul Dieudonné Seguin        (b. 1879 - d. ....)
31 Mar 1935 - 1936         Jean-Baptiste Victor Dissard        (b. 1888 - d. 1970)
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