Huguette Bello | |
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.jpg) Bello in 2023 | |
| President of the Regional Council of Réunion | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Didier Robert |
| President of For Réunion | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Mayor of Saint-Paul | |
| In office 4 July 2020 – 8 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Sinimalé |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel Séraphin |
| In office 9 October 2009 – 6 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Special delegation |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Sinimalé |
| In office 21 March 2008 – 20 August 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Alain Bénard |
| Succeeded by | Special delegation |
| Member of the National Assembly for Réunion's 2nd constituency | |
| In office 12 June 1997 – 7 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Claude Hoarau |
| Succeeded by | Olivier Hoarau |
| Regional Councillor of Réunion | |
| Assumed office 18 December 2015 | |
| President | Didier Robert Herself |
| In office 27 March 1992 – 1 March 1993 | |
| President | Camille Sudre |
| Departmental Councillor of Réunion | |
| In office 7 October 1988 – 27 March 1994 | |
| Constituency | Canton of Saint-Pierre-3 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie-Huguette Antoinette Bello 24 August 1950 Saint-Pierre, Réunion, France |
| Political party | For Réunion (2012–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Réunion (1974–2012) |
| Spouse(s) | Jean-Marie Wisniowycki (divorced) Roland Malet |
| Children | 2 |
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Marie-Huguette Antoinette Bello (French pronunciation: [maʁi yɡɛt bɛlo]; born 24 August 1950) is a French politician and teacher from Réunion who has served as president of the Regional Council of Réunion since 2021. Bello is the founder of the left-wing For Réunion political party, having previously been a member of the Communist Party of Réunion until the foundation of For Réunion in 2012.
After working as a substitute teacher and preschool principal in Réunion, Bello entered politics in 1983, joining the municipal government of Saint-Pierre, and later the municipal government of La Possession in 1989. In 1988, Bello was elected to the Departmental Council of Réunion in the 1988 election, before returning to the Saint-Pierre municipal government in 1995. Bello entered national politics after being elected to the National Assembly for Réunion's 2nd constituency in the 1997 legislative election. Bello was reelected in the 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017 elections, until resigning her seat in 2020 due to laws regarding dual mandates. Bello was first elected mayor of Saint-Paul in the 2008 municipal elections, and served intermittently as mayor between 2008 and 2021.
Bello was chosen to lead the left-wing electoral alliance in Réunion into the 2015 regional election, but was defeated by incumbent Didier Robert. She led the alliance once again in the 2021 regional election, and this time was victorious, becoming the president of the Regional Council of Réunion.
Following the 2024 legislative election, several leaders of the left-wing New Popular Front coalition proposed Bello as the coalition's candidate for prime minister of France. The Socialist Party later chose not to endorse her and she stated that she would no longer pursue the coalition's nomination.