# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-besson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:14:08.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-besson"
name: "Louis Besson"
slug: "louis-besson"
description: "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."
tagline: "French politician (1937–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Besson_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1937-05-06"
deathDate: "2026-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.093018666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Besson"
    title: "Louis Besson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لويس بيسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لويس بيسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Besson"
    title: "Louis Besson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Besson"
    title: "Louis Besson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Besson"
    title: "Louis Besson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Besson"
    title: "Louis Besson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Besson"
    title: "Louis Besson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Besson"
    title: "Louis Besson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3261257"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump