Marie-Guite Dufay


Marie-Marguerite Dufay best known as Marie-Guite Dufay is the incumbent president of the regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. She won the nomination to be the next socialist candidate for President of Franche-Comté in 2010.

Political career

She was first elected to the Besançon city council in 1989. Six years later, she was appointed as deputy mayor of Besançon. In the 2004 Franche-Comté regional election, she was second in the Socialist List just after Raymond Forni.
After the death of President Raymond Forni, she was elected by the assembly as President of the Region.