Council of Paris

Council of Paris Conseil de Paris
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Mayor of Paris	Anne Hidalgo, PS since 5 April 2014
Secretaries	Paul Hatte (the youngest councillor), Alice Timsit, Céline Hervieu and Raphaëlle Rémy-Leleu
Structure
Seats	163
Political groups	Government: (94)   PS (54)   EELV (23)   PCF (11)   G.s (6) Opposition: (66)   LR (55)   LREM (6)   MoDem (5) Others: (3)   Non-Inscrits (3)
Length of term	6 years
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation
Last election	15 March & 28 June 2020
Next election	2026
Meeting place
Hôtel de Ville de Paris
Website
Le Conseil de Paris

The Council of Paris (French: Conseil de Paris, [kɔ̃sɛj d(ə) paʁi]) is the deliberative body responsible for governing Paris, the capital of France. It possesses both the powers of a municipal council (conseil municipal) and those of a departmental council (conseil départemental) for the département de Paris, as defined by the so-called PLM Law (Loi PLM) of 1982 that redefined the governance of Paris, Lyon and Marseille (hence the PLM acronym). Paris is the only territorial collectivity in France to be both a commune and a département.

The Mayor of Paris presides over the Council of Paris and therefore holds the powers of mayor and of president of the departmental council. There are currently 163 councillors for Paris.^[1]