{{Short description|French civil servant (1948–2025)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Dominique Bellion | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1948|08|25}} | birth_place = Saint-Flour, Cantal, France | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2025|05|11|1948|08|25}} | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = French prefect }}
'''Dominique Bellion''' (25 August 1948 – 11 May 2025) was a French civil servant. He served as prefect of several Departments of France.
Bellion was the son<ref>{{in lang|fr}} "Bellion (Roger, Nicolas, Pierre)" (born 1914), pages 78 et 79 ''in'' René Bargeton, ''Dictionnaire biographique des préfets'' (septembre 1870-mai 1982), Paris, Archives nationales (France), 1994, 555 pages, 26 cm, {{ISBN|2-86000-232-4}}.</ref> of Roger Bellion (1914–1986), a civil servant (prefect) who was also a writer and poet using the pseudonym Roger Rabiniaux.
==Career== * On 1991: prefect of Mayenne in Laval. * On 1994: prefect of Aude in Carcassonne. * On 1998: prefect of Martinique in Fort-de-France. * On 2000: prefect of Allier in Moulins. * On 2003: prefect of Dordogne in Périgueux. * On 2005: prefect of Gard in Nîmes. * On 2009: prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle in Nancy.
As prefect of Martinique he was criticized by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in October 1999 (strikes...).<ref>{{in lang|fr}} http://www.liberation.fr/politiques/0101296876-en-guadeloupe-jospin-respire-apres-s-etre-fache-en-martinique-il-a-lance-un-rappel-a-l-ordre-aux-chefs-d-entr , site of ''Libération'': Guiral Antoine, "En Guadeloupe, Jospin respire... après s'être fâché en Martinique. Il a lancé un rappel à l'ordre aux chefs d'entreprise.", 30 October 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>
==Honours and awards== *{{flag|France}}: ''Chevalier'' of the Legion of Honour *{{flag|France}}: ''Chevalier'' of the National Order of Merit
== See also == * List of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique
==References== * {{in lang|fr}} "'''Bellion''', '''Dominique''', Sylvain, Gabriel" (prefect, born 1948), pages 240 and 241 in ''Who’s Who in France'' : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l’étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 44th edition pour 2013 printed in 2012, 2371 p., 31 cm, {{ISBN|978-2-85784-053-4}} . * {{in lang|fr}} http://www.whoswho.fr/bio/dominique-bellion_21790 : Who's Who in France on line (fee). Retrieved on 16 February 2013. * {{in lang|fr}} https://web.archive.org/web/20140112233359/http://www.acteurspublics.com/personnalite/15659/dominique-bellion . Retrieved 10 May 2013. * {{in lang|fr}} [https://archive.today/20121218063124/http://www.qualif.gard.pref.gouv.fr/sections/l_etat_dans_le_gard/prefecture-sous_pref/le_prefet/dominique_bellion_7/view His page on the Gard prefecture's website] * {{in lang|fr}} http://www.liberation.fr/politiques/0101296876-en-guadeloupe-jospin-respire-apres-s-etre-fache-en-martinique-il-a-lance-un-rappel-a-l-ordre-aux-chefs-d-entr, site of ''Libération'': Guiral Antoine, "En Guadeloupe, Jospin respire... après s'être fâché en Martinique. Il a lancé un rappel à l'ordre aux chefs d'entreprise.", 30 October 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box|title=Prefect of Mayenne|before=|after=|years=1991–1994}} {{succession box|title=Prefect of Aude|before=|after=|years=1994–1998}} {{succession box|title=Prefect of Martinique|before=|after=|years=1998–2000}} {{succession box|title=Prefect of Allier|before=Philippe Grégoire|after=Patrick Subrémon|years=2000–2003}} {{succession box|title=Prefect of Dordogne|before=|after=|years=2003–2005}} {{succession box|title=Prefect of Gard|before=Jean-Pierre Hugues|after=Hugues Bousiges|years=2005–2009}} {{succession box|title=Prefect of Meurthe-et-Moselle|before= Étienne Guyot|after= Adolphe Colrat|years=2009–2010}} {{s-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellion, Dominique}} Category:1948 births Category:2025 deaths Category:People from Cantal Category:Prefects of Mayenne Category:Prefects of Aude Category:Prefects of Martinique Category:Prefects of Allier Category:Prefects of Dordogne Category:Prefects of Gard Category:Prefects of Meurthe-et-Moselle Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour Category:Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite