Preceded by Gerard Larcher Succeeded by Gerard Larcher Political party Socialist Party Socialist Party | Preceded by Germain Authie Role French Politician Preceded by Claude Estier Name Jean-Pierre Bel | |
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President Nicolas Sarkozy
Francois Hollande Born 30 December 1951 (age 72)
Lavaur, Tarn, France ( 1951-12-30 ) Spouse Iriadne Pla Godinez (m. 2010) Education Toulouse 1 University Capitole Similar People Gerard Larcher, Frederique Massat, Claude Bartolone, Thomas Thevenoud, Jean‑Pierre Raffarin | ||
Alma mater University of Toulouse | ||
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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.
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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.