Dominique Mortemousque

Dominique Mortemousque (2 June 1950 – 7 May 2022) was a French politician. He was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement and later The Republicans.

Biography
A farmer by profession, Mortemousque served as mayor of Nojals-et-Clotte from 1995 to 2008. In March 1998, he was elected to represent the Canton of Beaumont-du-Périgord in the General Council of Dordogne. In 2002, he succeeded Xavier Darcos in the Senate, representing Dordogne. In March 2008, he was elected mayor of Beaumont-du-Périgord. He was Vice-President of the Communauté de communes du Pays beaumontois from 2008 to 2012. He was defeated in the 2008 French Senate election by Claude Bérit-Débat of the Socialist Party.

On 17 June 2012, Mortemousque was defeated by Brigitte Allain of Europe Ecology – The Greens in his bid to represent Dordogne's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly. 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.

Mortemousque died in Périgueux on 7 May 2022, at the age of 71.