Louis Le Pensec (born 8 January 1937, in Mellac, Finistère) is a French politician. He is a member of the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

. Between 1973 and 1997, he was a member of the

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...

. Since 27 September 1998, he is a Senator of

Finistère Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.

. From 1988 and 1991, he was the spokesman of the French government. Between 1997 and 1998, he was

minister of agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...

. He was also the minister for Overseas Territories.

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1937 births Living people People from Finistère Socialist Party (France) politicians Government spokespersons of France French Ministers of Agriculture French Ministers of Overseas France Senators of Finistère {{France-politician-Socialist-stub