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About Louis Besson
Louis Besson was a French politician who was Minister of Public Works, Housing, Transport, and Maritime Affairs from 1990 to 1991 and Secretary of State for Housing from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Socialist Party, he is remembered for two particular policies, a law enshrining the broad right to housing, and for restructuring the rules to require municipalities to meet a minimum level of social housing.
Everything about Louis Besson →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the French National Assembly, Mayor of Chambéry, conseiller régional de Rhône-Alpes, member of the French National Assembly
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- May 6, 1937
- Died
- April 2, 2026