Jean-Pierre Bel
Jean-Pierre Bel | |
|---|---|
Bel in 2011 | |
| President of the French Senate | |
| In office 1 October 2011 – 30 September 2014 | |
| 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 for Ariège | |
| In office 1 October 1998 – 30 September 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Germain Authié |
| Succeeded by | Alain Duran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean-Pierre Marcel Louis Bel 30 December 1951 |
| Party | Revolutionary Communist League (1968–1978) Socialist Party (1983–present) |
| Alma mater | Toulouse 1 University Capitole |
| Profession | Jurist |
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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. He was instrumental in strengthening the ties with Cuba and Panama.