Rodolphe Alexandre
5th President of the Regional Council of French Guiana
In office
26 January 2010  2 July 2021
Preceded byAntoine Karam
Succeeded byGabriel Serville
Mayor of Cayenne
In office
March 2008  March 2010
Preceded byJean-Claude Lafontaine
Succeeded byMarie-Laure Phinéra-Horth
Personal details
Born (1953-09-26) 26 September 1953
Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Political partyGuiana Rally (since 2010)
Guianese Socialist Party (1983–2008)

Rodolphe Alexandre (born 26 September 1953 in Cayenne) is a French politician from French Guiana.[1] The former Mayor of Cayenne, he was president of the Guiana Assembly, the deliberative assembly of French Guiana, since its establishment on 1 January 2016,[2] until 2021.[3]

He was president of the Regional Council of French Guiana from 26 March 2010, till the Regional Council and General Council were replaced by the one body, the Guiana Assembly, on 1 January 2016.

Having completed his secondary education at Felix Eboue High School, he obtained a Master of history and geography at the University of Bordeaux III.[4]

He joined the Guianese Socialist Party (PSG) in 1983, when he became chief of staff in the General Council of Guyana (until 1988).

References

  1. France Guyane – Présidentielle - Rodolphe Alexandre : "La crise a frappé" in French. 4 March 2012.
  2. Région Guyane – Rodolphe Alexandre biography Accessed 18 July 2012
  3. "Qui est Gabriel Serville, le nouveau président de la Collectivité territoriale de Guyane ?". France TV Info (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  4. "L'Assemblée" (in French).


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