Dominique Estrosi Sassone (born 14 November 1958) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the French Senate since 2014, representing the department of Alpes-Maritimes.

Early life and education

Estrosi Sassone is the daughter of Jean Sassone, who served as deputy mayor of

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...

from 1977 to 1995, and received a master's degree in law from the

University of Nice Sophia Antipolis The University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (french: Université Nice Sophia Antipolis) was a university located in Nice, France and neighboring areas. It was founded in 1965 and was organized in eight faculties, two autonomous institutes and an eng ...

Career

Estrosi Sassone served in the territorial civil service before being elected deputy mayor of Nice in 2001. In 2004, she was elected to the regional council for

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...

. Estrosi Sassone was elected to the Senate on 28 September 2014. She also serves as a member of the council for the Metropolis Nice Côte d'Azur. In the Senate, she serves on the Committee on Economic Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she has been chairing the French-Monaco Parliamentary Friendship Group since 2020. In the Republicans' 2016 primary, Estrosi Sassone endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the

2017 French presidential election The 2017 French presidential election was held on 23 April and 7 May 2017. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a Two-round system, runoff was held between the top two candidates, Emmanuel Macron of La République En Marche!, En Ma ...

Personal life

Estrosi Sassone was married to fellow LR politician

Christian Estrosi Christian Paul Gilbert Estrosi (born 1 July 1955) is a French sportsman and politician who has served as Mayor of Nice since 2017, previously holding the office from 2008 to 2016. A former professional motorcyclist, he served as a government m ...

; the couple has two daughters but have since divorced.

References

1958 births Living people French Senators of the Fifth Republic The Republicans (France) politicians Senators of Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur University alumni People from Nice Politicians from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur French people of Italian descent {{AlpesMaritimes-politician-stub