| Jean-Michel Baylet | |
| Office: | Member of the French Senate for Tarn-et-Garonne |
| Term Start: | 1995 |
| Term End: | 2014 |
| Successor: | François Bonhomme |
| Birth Date: | 17 November 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Toulouse, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Party: | Radical Party of the Left |
Jean-Michel Baylet (born 17 November 1946[1] in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a French politician, Senator, and former leader of the moderate center-left Radical Party of the Left.
He is a RDSE Senator from the Tarn-et-Garonne department.[1] 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, Édith Cresson, and Pierre Beregovoy.
In addition to his political career, he was a journalist for the La Dépêche du Midi newspaper, before inheriting that newspaper and other print media from his mother.
Baylet was candidate to the citizens presidential primary of 2011; he lost against Martine Aubry, François Hollande, Ségolène Royal, Arnaud Montebourg and Manuel Valls (all socialists).