Sophie Dessus

Sophie Dessus
Sophie Dessus in 2012
Member of the National Assembly
for Corrèze's 1st constituency
In office
20 June 2012 – 3 March 2016
Preceded byFrançois Hollande
Succeeded byAlain Ballay
Mayor of Uzerche
In office
18 March 2001 – 3 March 2016
Preceded byValentin Larivière
Succeeded byJean-Paul Grador
Personal details
Born(1955-09-24)24 September 1955
Died3 March 2016(2016-03-03) (aged 60)
Limoges, France
PartySocialist Party
Alma materUniversity of Limoges

Sophie Dessus (24 September 1955 – 3 March 2016) was a Socialist politician from Corrèze, France, representing Corrèze's First Constituency in the National Assembly, the first woman to represent Corrèze in the National Assembly.[1]

Biography

Originally from Limousin, Sophie Dessus, née Dauriac,[2][3] is the granddaughter of lawyer and academician Henri Mazeaud, to whom she is close, and the granddaughter of Simone de Beauvoir first cousin.[4]

She grew up in Paris until her mother died when she was 15. She studied history and art history in Limoges.

On August 1, 1975, she married the son of a pharmacist, with whom she settled as a farmer in Corrèze. She has four children born between 1976 and 1987.[5]

In 2012, she married Dominique Ceaux, the director general of services for the Corrèze departmental council, in her second marriage. [6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Mort de Sophie Dessus, députée de Corrèze" (in French). Le Figaro. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ^ Vivre Uzerche. "Hommage à Sophie Dessus".
  3. ^ Béatrice Gurrey. "Mort de l'élue corrézienne Sophie Dessus". Le Monde.
  4. ^ Charlotte Rotman, « La drag(u)ée haute », Libération, 25 juillet 2011
  5. ^ Biographie Sophie Dessus sur sophiedessus.fr, 10 juin 2012
  6. ^ « Sophie Dessus : qui est vraiment la "blonde de Chirac" ? », L'Internaute, 12 septembre 2012
  7. ^ Annaick Demars, « Le corrézien Dominique Ceaux rejoint François Hollande à l'Élysée » sur le site de France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 26 septembre 2016