Career
In 1997, Ms Bello became Réunion"s first ever female parliamentary deputy when she was elected to represent the 2nd constituency of the island in the French National Assembly. She was re-elected in 2002, and for a third term in 2007, on which occasion she gained 34,911 votes (596%) in the second round. Since March 2008, Bello has also been the mayor of Réunion"s largest commune (municipality), Saint-Paul.
In the second round of voting in the French municipal elections of 2008, the list of candidates headed by Bello defeated that of the sitting Universiti Malaysia Pahang mayor by a margin of just 0.3%.
