Alain Rousset
Alain Rousset was chief of staff to the first presidents of the Regional Council of Aquitaine from 1980 to 1985. He then worked at Elf-Aquitaine, before being elected general councillor, mayor of Pessac, president of the Regional Council of Aquitaine since 1998, president of the CUB between 2004 and 2007, and deputy of the Gironde from 2007 to 2017. He has been president of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine since 2016.