Dominique Mortemousque | |
Birth Date: | 2 June 1950 |
Birth Place: | Nojals-et-Clotte, France |
Death Place: | Périgueux, France |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | UMP LR |
Office: | Mayor of Beaumontois-en-Périgord |
Term Start: | 7 January 2016 |
Term End: | 7 May 2022 |
Predecessor: | position established |
Office2: | Mayor of Beaumont-du-Périgord |
Term Start2: | 21 March 2008 |
Term End2: | 1 January 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Dominique David-Astier |
Successor2: | position abolished |
Office3: | Member of the Senate of France |
Term Start3: | 8 June 2002 |
Term End3: | 30 September 2008 |
Predecessor3: | Xavier Darcos |
Successor3: | Claude Bérit-Débat |
Constituency3: | Dordogne |
Office4: | General Councilor of the |
Term Start4: | 27 March 1998 |
Term End4: | 2 April 2015 |
Predecessor4: | Paul Testut |
Successor4: | position abolished |
Office5: | Mayor of Nojals-et-Clotte |
Term Start5: | 16 June 1995 |
Term End5: | 16 March 2008 |
Successor5: | Alain Merchadou |
Dominique Mortemousque (2 June 1950 – 7 May 2022) was a French politician.[1] He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement and later The Republicans.
A farmer by profession, Mortemousque served as mayor of Nojals-et-Clotte from 1995 to 2008.[1] In March 1998, he was elected to represent the in the General Council of Dordogne.[1] In 2002, he succeeded Xavier Darcos in the Senate, representing Dordogne.[2] In March 2008, he was elected mayor of Beaumont-du-Périgord.[3] He was Vice-President of the from 2008 to 2012. He was defeated in the 2008 French Senate election by Claude Bérit-Débat of the Socialist Party.[4]
On 17 June 2012, Mortemousque was defeated by of Europe Ecology – The Greens in his bid to represent Dordogne's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly.[5] He was re-elected as mayor of Beaumont-du-Périgord in 2014. He was defeated in his 2015 bid to represent the Canton of Lalinde in the Departmental Council of Dordogne. On 1 January 2016, four communes were merged to form Beaumontois-en-Périgord, of which he served as the first mayor.[6]
Mortemousque died in Périgueux on 7 May 2022, at the age of 71.[7]