# Dominique Bellion
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{{Short description|French civil servant (1948–2025)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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'''Dominique Bellion''' (25 August 1948 – 11 May 2025) was a French civil servant. He served as [prefect](/source/prefect) of several [Departments of France](/source/Departments_of_France).
Bellion was the son[{{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)](/source/Archives_nationales_(France)), 1994, 555 pages, 26 cm, {{ISBN|2-86000-232-4}}.] of Roger Bellion (1914–1986), a civil servant (prefect) who was also a writer and poet using the pseudonym [Roger Rabiniaux](/source/Roger_Rabiniaux).
==Career==
* On 1991: prefect of [Mayenne](/source/Mayenne) in [Laval](/source/Laval%2C_Mayenne).
* On 1994: prefect of [Aude](/source/Aude) in [Carcassonne](/source/Carcassonne).
* On 1998: prefect of [Martinique](/source/Martinique) in [Fort-de-France](/source/Fort-de-France).
* On 2000: prefect of [Allier](/source/Allier) in [Moulins](/source/Moulins%2C_Allier).
* On 2003: prefect of [Dordogne](/source/Dordogne) in [Périgueux](/source/P%C3%A9rigueux).
* On 2005: prefect of [Gard](/source/Gard) in [Nîmes](/source/N%C3%AEmes).
* On 2009: prefect of [Meurthe-et-Moselle](/source/Meurthe-et-Moselle) in [Nancy](/source/Nancy%2C_France).
As prefect of Martinique he was criticized by Prime Minister [Lionel Jospin](/source/Lionel_Jospin) in October 1999 (strikes...).[{{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](/source/Lib%C3%A9ration)'': 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.]
==Honours and awards==
*{{flag|France}}: ''Chevalier'' of the [Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour)
*{{flag|France}}: ''Chevalier'' of the [National Order of Merit](/source/National_Order_of_Merit_(France))
== See also ==
* [List of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique](/source/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](/source/Who%E2%80%99s_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](/source/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](/source/Lib%C3%A9ration)'': 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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{{succession box|title=Prefect of [Mayenne](/source/Mayenne)|before=|after=|years=1991–1994}}
{{succession box|title=Prefect of [Aude](/source/Aude)|before=|after=|years=1994–1998}}
{{succession box|title=Prefect of [Martinique](/source/Martinique)|before=|after=|years=1998–2000}}
{{succession box|title=Prefect of [Allier](/source/Allier)|before=Philippe Grégoire|after=[Patrick Subrémon](/source/Patrick_Subr%C3%A9mon)|years=2000–2003}}
{{succession box|title=Prefect of [Dordogne](/source/Dordogne)|before=|after=|years=2003–2005}}
{{succession box|title=Prefect of [Gard](/source/Gard)|before=Jean-Pierre Hugues|after=[Hugues Bousiges](/source/Hugues_Bousiges)|years=2005–2009}}
{{succession box|title=Prefect of [Meurthe-et-Moselle](/source/Meurthe-et-Moselle)|before= Étienne Guyot|after= [Adolphe Colrat](/source/Adolphe_Colrat)|years=2009–2010}}
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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
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