Denise Cacheux

Denise Jeanne Henriette Cacheux (; 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.

Early life Cacheux was born in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle on 18 March 1932, and was the oldest of six children of a Catholic family. She was the daughter of Georges Habigand, a draftsman for the SNCF, and Marie-Therese Habigand , her mother who was a devout Catholic. Cacheux grew up in Rouen. She was educated at Lycée Jeanne-d'Arc in Nancy, then at the in Rouen and finally at the Rouen Departmental School for Nursing and Social Work. and was an activist for the Teams of Our Lady organisation, a Catholic youth movement. That same year, Cacheux was elected to Lille City Council as a municipal councillor on the list of Augustin Laurent, the deputy mayor in charge of animation. Cacheux took up her seat on 25 July 1981. She was vice-president of the Socialist parliamentary group from 1982 to 1986, She was promoted to Officer of the Legion of Honour in April 2011. The Lazare-Garreau Community Centre was renamed after her on 26 June 2023.