Jean-Michel Baylet

Jean-Michel Baylet (born November 17 1946 in Toulouse) is a French politician, Senator, and leader of the Left Radical Party.

He is a RDSE Senator from the Tarn-et-Garonne department. He is also President of the General Council of the Tarn-et-Garonne. He also served as mayor Valence-d'Agen until 2001 and had various roles in the governments of Laurent Fabius, Michel Rocard, Edith Cresson, and Pierre Beregovoy.

In addition to his political career, he was a journalist for the "La Dépêche du Midi" newspaper, before becoming the president of that newspaper and other print media.