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Linda Marion Dessau (born 8 May 1953) has been the Governor of Victoria since 1 July 2015. She is the first female and first Jewish holder of the office. She was formerly a judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1995 to 2013.〔(Justice Linda Dessau retires from the Family Court of Australia ), Family Court of Australia, 21 June 2013.〕 Dessau was appointed to the AFL Commission in November 2007. A supporter of the Essendon Football Club, Dessau started and was the inaugural chair of the Essendon Women's Network in 1997, which for more than a decade has claimed a strong hold in the grand final week calendar. She was appointed to the board of the Melbourne Festival, of which she became President in 2014. ==Personal life== Dessau was born in Melbourne, and was educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak, matriculating at the age of sixteen. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Melbourne in 1973 as its youngest law graduate. She worked as a solicitor from 1974 to 1978, and as a barrister from 1979 to 1995, specialising in family law and commercial litigation. She is one of five Jewish people to have served in a viceregal capacity, after Queensland governor Sir Matthew Nathan, New South Wales governor Gordon Samuels and governors-general Sir Isaac Isaacs and Sir Zelman Cowen.〔(Victoria’s first Jewish governor ), The Australian Jewish News, 23 February 2015〕 Since 1982, Dessau has been married to Tony Howard, a judge of the County Court of Victoria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.governor.vic.gov.au/victorias-governor/biography/judge-anthony-howard )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Linda Dessau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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