Jacques Cresta (16 February 1955 – 12 October 2022) was a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
[1] Cresta was born in Algiers, French Algeria on 16 February 1955 to a father who was a banker and a stay-at-home mother.
He attended secondary school at the Lycée François-Arago [fr], where he met his future wife, Josy, with whom he had two daughters.
[3] Cresta joined the Socialist Party in 1980, where he rapidly climbed the ladder in roles and responsibilities.
[5] Jacques Cresta died following a long illness in Perpignan, on 12 October 2022, at the age of 67.