Rodolphe Alexandre | |
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5th President of the Regional Council of French Guiana | |
Assumed office March 26, 2010 |
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Preceded by | Antoine Karam |
Mayor of Cayenne | |
In office March 2008 – March 2010 |
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Preceded by | Jean-Claude Lafontaine |
Succeeded by | Marie-Laure Phinéra-Horth |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cayenne, French Guiana |
September 26, 1953
Rodolphe Alexandre (born 26 September 1953 in Cayenne) is a French political figure from French Guiana. The former Mayor of Cayenne, he is president of the Guiana Assembly, the deliberative assembly of French Guiana, since its establishment on 1 January 2016.
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.
He joined the Guyanese Socialist Party (PSG) in 1983, when he became chief of staff in the General Council of Guyana (until 1988).