to 2021. On 31 May 2019, she led a delegation of the committee on a visit to the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and the Syrian Democratic Council in Ayn Issa. After de Sarnez’s death in 2021, she was succeeded as deputy by Maud Gatel. Personal life De Sarnez married Philippe Augier (later Mayor of Deauville) and had two children, circa 1979. She separated from Augier in 1988. A private person, de Sarnez kept a small circle of friends and strictly enforced her preference that her personal life stay out of the media spotlight. She was known for her uniform of jeans and Converse sneakers. De Sarnez died of leukemia in Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris on 13 January 2021, at age 69. French leaders across the political spectrum sent public messages mourning her death, including President Macron and his rivals in the 2017 election, extreme-right FN candidate Marine Le Pen and hard left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon; as well as current Prime Minister Jean Castex and de Sarnez's longtime professional partner Bayrou. The National Assembly observed a minute of silence and Le Monde wrote, "One of the pillars of the house of centrism has fallen." Works References External links Declaration of financial interests (PDF file) 1951 births 2021 deaths 20th-century French women politicians 20th-century women MEPs for France 21st-century French women politicians 21st-century women MEPs for France Councillors of Paris Deaths from cancer in France Deaths from leukemia Democratic Movement (France) MEPs Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic MEPs for France 1999–2004 MEPs for Île-de-France 2004–2009 MEPs for Île-de-France 2009–2014 MEPs for Île-de-France 2014–2019 Politicians from Paris Union for French Democracy MEPs Women government ministers of France Women members of the National Assembly (France)