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Jean-Pierre Bel

Jean-Pierre Bel
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President of the French Senate
In office
1 October 2011 – 30 September 2014
President Nicolas Sarkozy
François Hollande
Preceded by Gérard Larcher
Succeeded by Gérard Larcher
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
In office
1 October 2004 – 30 September 2011
Preceded by Claude Estier
Succeeded by Jean-Claude Gaudin
Senator of Ariège
In office
1 October 1998 – 30 September 2014
Preceded by Germain Authié
Succeeded by Alain Duran
Personal details
Born (1951-12-30) 30 December 1951 (age 65)
Lavaur, Tarn, France
Political party Socialist
Alma mater University of Toulouse
Profession Jurist

Jean-Pierre Bel (born 30 December 1951) is a French politician who was President of the Senate of France from 2011 to 2014. 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 Gerard Larcher. In the vote, he received 134 votes against 173 votes for Larcher.

The left won a Senate majority in the September 2011 Senate election, and Bel was elected as President of the Senate on 1 October 2011. He received 179 votes against 134 votes for the right's candidate, outgoing Senate President Larcher; a centrist, Valerie Letard, received 29 votes.



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