Sophie Dessus


Sophie Dessus 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.
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Biography

Originally from Limousin, Sophie Dessus, née Dauriac, is the granddaughter of lawyer and academician Henri Mazeaud, to whom she is close, and the granddaughter of Simone de Beauvoir first cousin.
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.
In 2012, she married Dominique Ceaux, the director general of services for the Corrèze departmental council, in her second marriage.