[1] Louis Le Pensec was born on 8 January 1937 in Mellac.

Son of a worker at the Mauduit paper mills (Quimperlé), he held a law degree and a diploma in management from the IGR-IAE at University of Rennes 1.

He became an executive attaché at SNECMA (now Safran Aircraft Engines), then head of personnel at SAVIEM in 1967.

[2] Le Pensec died in Quimperlé on 10 January 2024, at the age of 87.

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