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Jean-Pierre Bel

1951 - Today

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Jean-Pierre Marcel Louis Bel (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃pjɛʁ bɛl]; born 30 December 1951) is a French retired politician who served as President of the Senate from 2011 to 2014 (the sole left-winger under 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 presided over the Socialist group in the Senate from 2004 to 2011. Following his Senate tenure, he was appointed in 2015 as President François Hollande's personal envoy for Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Jean-Pierre Bel is the 17,661st most popular politician (down from 17,543rd in 2024), the 5,315th most popular biography from France (up from 5,389th in 2019) and the 926th most popular French Politician.

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Among politicians, Jean-Pierre Bel ranks 17,659 out of 19,576. Before him are Siaosi Sovaleni, Lot M. Morrill, Eli Yishai, and Jo Benkow. After him are Renhō, Chidambaram Subramaniam, Raffaele Fitto, Red Kelly, Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Peyton Randolph, Henry Sewell, and Coffi Codjia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Jean-Pierre Bel ranks 655. Before 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 5,315 out of 6,770. Before 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).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jean-Pierre Bel ranks 926. Before him are Bruno Le Maire (1969), Gwendal Peizerat (1972), Ranulf Flambard (1060), Stéphane Séjourné (1985), Olivier Faure (1968), 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).

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