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Éric Besson

PEP · Politician

Éric Besson is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Eric BESSON · M. Éric Besson · Éric Besson · إيريك بوسون · ايريك بوسون · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Eric Besson · Éric Besson · إيريك بوسون · エリック・ベッソン · 埃里克·貝鬆 · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	エリック・ベソン · 埃里克·贝森				[sources]
Birth date	1958-04-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Marrakech · Marrakesh				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	France				[sources]
Citizenship	France				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
Country of birth	Morocco				[sources]
First name	Éric				[sources]
Last name	Besson				[sources]
Political association	Socialist Party · Union for a Popular Movement				[sources]
Website	twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2379348				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Assemblée nationale (member, 2002-2007) · Mayor of Donzère (1995-2020) · conseiller communautaire de Drôme Sud Provence (2014-) · conseiller municipal de Donzère (2014-2020) · member of the French National Assembly · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Lycée Lyautey · Montpellier Business School · Sciences Po				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

French politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sylvie Brunel Close Associate	spouse	-	2009
Ariane Forniaová Close Associate	child

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the French National Assembly	2002-06-19	2007-06-19

Data sources

French National Assembly4,062

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France · National Assembly of France

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,615

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,738

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,324

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,351

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-8f154158-adff-4cc2-9392-80ac8548fa8a · fr-assemblee-pa495

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