Denise Cacheux
1932–2023 (age 91)
Biography
Denise Jeanne Henriette Cacheux (née Habigand; 18 March 1932 – 12 December 2023) was a French politician of the Socialist Party. Trained as a social worker, she was an elected municipal councillor of Lille City Council from 1971 to 1983 and to the Urban Community of Lille. Cacheux was deputy mayor of Lille between 1977 and 1983. In 1981, Cacheux was elected to the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais as a regional councillor from 1979 to 1992. She represented Nord's 16th constituency in the National Assembly from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1987 to 1993, this time for Nord's 5th constituency. Cacheux was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1997, promoted to officer in 2011.