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Jean-Pierre Bel

1951 - Today

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Jean-Pierre Bel (born 30 December 1951) is a French retired politician who served as President of the Senate from 2011 to 2014 (the sole non-right-wing in the Fifth Republic). From the Ariège department, Bel is a member of the Socialist Party; he was elected to the Senate in September 1998 and re-elected in September 2008. Bel was President of the Socialist Group in the Senate from 2004 to 2011. Following the September 2008 Senate election, Bel was the Socialist candidate for the post of President of the Senate on 1 October 2008, but because the right held a majority of seats in the Senate, he was defeated by Gérard Larcher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Pierre Bel is the 17,606th most popular politician (down from 17,563rd in 2019), the 5,301st most popular biography from France (up from 5,391st in 2019) and the 924th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean-Pierre Bel ranks 17,606 out of 19,576Before him are Gene Okerlund, Domingos Simões Pereira, Siaosi Sovaleni, Lot M. Morrill, Eli Yishai, and Jo Benkow. After him are Renhō, Chidambaram Subramaniam, Red Kelly, Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Peyton Randolph, and Henry Sewell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Jean-Pierre Bel ranks 655Before him are Alan Merrill, Françoise Nyssen, Azimzhan Askarov, Mike Bantom, Alan Minter, and Rubén Cano. After him are Debra Fischer, Khattiya Sawasdipol, George Karl, Jane Barkman, Arsène Auguste, and Kinzang Dorji.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Pierre Bel ranks 5,301 out of 6,770Before him are Catherine Mouchet (1959), Raïs M'Bolhi (1986), Bernard Diomède (1974), Christophe Barratier (1963), Olivier Dahan (1967), and Pascal Obispo (1965). After him are Vincent Guérin (1965), Jérôme Rothen (1978), Evan Fournier (1992), David Douillet (1969), Philippe Christanval (1978), and Julian Alaphilippe (1992).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jean-Pierre Bel ranks 924Before him are Richard Ferrand (1962), Bruno Le Maire (1969), Gwendal Peizerat (1972), Ranulf Flambard (1060), Stéphane Séjourné (1985), and Claude Onesta (1957). After him are Harlem Désir (1959), Jean-François Copé (1964), Lionel Zinsou (1953), Dominique Voynet (1958), Corinne Lepage (1951), and Xavier Bertrand (1965).