Éliane Assassi
French politician (born 1958)
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Éliane Assassi (born 2 October 1958) is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France, representing the Seine-Saint-Denis department. She is a member of the Communist, Republican, Citizen and Ecologist group.[1]
Éliane Assassi | |
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 Éliane Assassi in 2016 | |
| Member of the French Senate for Seine-Saint-Denis | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2004 | |
| President of the Communist group in the French Senate | |
| Assumed office 19 September 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Nicole Borvo Cohen-Seat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1958 Paris, France |
| Party | PCF |
| Profession | Communications director |
Biography
Éliane Assassi was born into a Franco-Algerian family. She lived in Gagny in Seine-Saint-Denis during her childhood. Her father, a laborer, died of cancer, likely linked to repeated exposure to asbestos in the workplace, when she was six years old. Her younger brother died in an accident four years later. [2]
She started working at a very young age with her mother, doing housekeeping, and at one point considered becoming a police commissioner. She worked in a tire retreading factory. She joined the French Communist Party at the age of 14.
She is a Communication director by profession.[3]
