Subsection 1: Election and composition.

During the meeting provided for in Article L. 4422-8 and after electing its standing committee, the Assembly of Corsica shall elect from among its members the Executive Council of Corsica and its President, under the same conditions of quorum and majority as those laid down in Article L. 4422-8. The executive councillors of Corsica and the president of the executive council are elected by list ballot with the submission of…

The election of members of the Executive Council may be contested under the conditions, forms and time limits prescribed for challenges to the election of councillors to the Assembly of Corsica. .

The Executive Council is composed of a president assisted by ten executive councillors. For the application of all the provisions instituting incompatibilities between certain electoral mandates or elective functions, the functions of president of the Executive Council of Corsica are assimilated to those of president of a regional council.

In the event of the death or resignation of one or more executive councillors other than the president, the assembly shall proceed, on the proposal of the president of the executive council of Corsica, to a new election to fill the vacant seat or seats within a period of one month. If only one seat is vacant, the election takes place according to the procedures and under the quorum conditions…

In the event of the seat of President of the Corsican Executive Council becoming vacant for any reason whatsoever, its functions shall be temporarily exercised by an Executive Councillor chosen in the order of his election until the election of a new Executive Council under the conditions laid down in Article L. 4422-4.