President of the Constitutional Council

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The President of the Constitutional Council is the head of France’s highest constitutional authority, overseeing the review of legislation and the integrity of national elections and referendums.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French public office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction French Fifth Republic ⓘ
appointedBy President of France ⓘ
President of the French Republic ⓘ
confersOnHolder authority to convene the Constitutional Council ⓘ
authority to set the agenda of the Constitutional Council ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of 4 October 1958 ⓘ
hasRole allocates cases among members of the Constitutional Council ⓘ
ensures enforcement of Constitutional Council decisions ⓘ
ensures integrity of national elections ⓘ
ensures integrity of national referendums ⓘ
may exercise casting vote in case of tie within the Council ⓘ
organizes the work and schedule of the Constitutional Council ⓘ
oversees constitutional review of legislation ⓘ
oversees review of institutional acts ⓘ
presides over deliberations of the Constitutional Council ⓘ
represents the Constitutional Council externally ⓘ
signs and promulgates decisions of the Constitutional Council ⓘ
headOf Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
inception 1958 ⓘ
isPartOf French constitutional system ⓘ
French system of separation of powers ⓘ
jurisdiction constitutional review of international commitments ⓘ
constitutional review of statutes ⓘ
electoral disputes in parliamentary elections ⓘ
electoral disputes in presidential elections ⓘ
referendum operations and results ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
legalBasis Article 56 of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
Organic laws governing the Constitutional Council ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris ⓘ
memberOf Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
nativeLabel Président du Conseil constitutionnel ⓘ
officeContestedIn not subject to popular election ⓘ
officeHolderOf Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
oversees review of legislation before promulgation ⓘ
review of priority preliminary rulings on constitutionality (QPC) ⓘ
partOf Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
seat Palais Royal, Paris ⓘ
linked to: Palais-Royal
selectionProcess appointed from among the members of the Constitutional Council ⓘ
termLength 9 years ⓘ
nine-year term ⓘ
termLimit non-renewable term ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitutional Council of France → presidentTitle → President of the Constitutional Council ⓘ
subject linked to: CC
President of the Constitutional Council → nativeLabel → Président du Conseil constitutionnel ⓘ
linked to: President of the Constitutional Council
Roland Dumas → positionHeld → President of the Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
linked to: President of the Constitutional Council
Jean-Louis Debré → positionHeld → President of the Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
linked to: President of the Constitutional Council