What is Linda Dessau?
{{Infobox governor | honorific_prefix = [[Her Excellency]] [[The Honourable]] | name = Linda Dessau | honorific_suffix = [[Companion of the Order of Australia|AC]] | image = Linda Dessau.jpg | image_size = | alt = | order = 29th | office = Governor of Victoria | term_start = 1 July 2015 | term_end = 30 June 2023 | monarch = [[Queen Elizabeth II|Elizabeth II]] | premier = [[Daniel Andrews]] | lieutenant = [[Marilyn Warren]] <small>(2015–2017)</small><br />[[Ken Lay (police officer)|Ken Lay]] <small>(2017–present)</small> | predecessor = [[Alex Chernov]] | successor = | birth_name = Linda Marion Dessau | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|5|8}} | birth_place = [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]], Victoria | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Australian | spouse = {{marriage|Tony Howard|1982}} | relations = | children = 2 | parents = | residence = [[Government House, Melbourne]] | education = [[St Catherine's School, Toorak]]<br/>[[University of Melbourne]] | profession = Jurist, barrister | website = [http://governor.vic.gov.au Governor of Victoria] }} '''Linda Marion Dessau''' {{small|{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AC|CVO}}}} (born 8 May 1953<ref name=vicbarnews>{{cite news|title=Welcomes |url=http://www.vicbar.com.au/GetFile.ashx?file=GeneralFiles/BarNewsArchive/1990-1999/VBN_94_1995_Spring.pdf |accessdate=12 February 2015 |work=Victorian Bar News |date=Spring 1995 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323183412/http://vicbar.com.au/GetFile.ashx?file=GeneralFiles%2FBarNewsArchive%2F1990-1999%2FVBN_94_1995_Spring.pdf |archivedate=23 March 2015 }}</ref>) is an Australian jurist and barrister who served as the 29th [[Governor of Victoria]] from 2015 to 2023.<ref name=swornin>{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Alex|title=Victoria's first female Governor Linda Dessau sworn in|url=http: