Dirk Dedeaux was born in Picayune, MS and was reared on his family's
dairy farm in the Sellers community in north Hancock County. He
graduated from Temple Christian Academy in Gulfport. In 1994 he
graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton, MS receiving a Bachelor
of Science degree in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Modern Languages. As a Sophomore at MC Dirk studied Russian for ten
months as an exchange student in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan in former Soviet
Central Asia. In 1993 he worked as a Congressional Intern in Washington
D.C. in the office of Congressman Gene Taylor. After college he
returned home and took a job with Appliance Parts Company in Gulfport.
Currently, he owns and manages rental properties. In
1995, at the age of 23 he defeated an incumbent to become the State
Representative from district 93. In 1999 and 2003 he was reelected to
two consecutive terms and is currently serving in his twelfth year.
Presently Dirk serves on 7 committees including the Medicaid Committee,
which he chairs, Conservation & Water Resources,
Insurance, Public Health and Human Services, Judiciary B (criminal law),
The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure
Review (PEER) and he is the elected secretary of the Apportionment and
Elections Committee. Dirk is married to the former Robin Freret of
Saucier and they are members of Steep Hollow Baptist Church in
Pearl River County. Dirk and Robin have two children Kadence Denise
(age 4) and Landon Carter (age 3).
Dirk Dedeaux was born in Picayune, MS and was reared on his family's
dairy farm in the Sellers community in north Hancock County. He
graduated from Temple Christian Academy in Gulfport. In 1994 he
graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton, MS receiving a Bachelor
of Science degree in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Modern Languages. As a Sophomore at MC Dirk studied Russian for ten
months as an exchange student in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan in former Soviet
Central Asia. In 1993 he worked as a Congressional Intern in Washington
D.C. in the office of Congressman Gene Taylor. After college he
returned home and took a job with Appliance Parts Company in Gulfport.
Currently, he owns and manages rental properties. In
1995, at the age of 23 he defeated an incumbent to become the State
Representative from district 93. In 1999 and 2003 he was reelected to
two consecutive terms and is currently serving in his twelfth year.
Presently Dirk serves on 7 committees including the Medicaid Committee,
which he chairs, Conservation & Water Resources,
Insurance, Public Health and Human Services, Judiciary B (criminal law),
The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure
Review (PEER) and he is the elected secretary of the Apportionment and
Elections Committee. Dirk is married to the former Robin Freret of
Saucier and they are members of Steep Hollow Baptist Church in
Pearl River County. Dirk and Robin have two children Kadence Denise
(age 4) and Landon Carter (age 3).