Dominique Bellion

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 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...).

Honours and awards

• France: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
• France: Chevalier of the National Order of Merit

See also

• List of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique

References

• (in French) "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 French) http://www.whoswho.fr/bio/dominique-bellion_21790 : Who's Who in France on line (fee). Retrieved on 16 February 2013.
• (in French) https://web.archive.org/web/20140112233359/http://www.acteurspublics.com/personnalite/15659/dominique-bellion . Retrieved 10 May 2013.
• (in French) His page on the Gard prefecture's website^{[link removed]}
• (in French) 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.