Suzanne Girault (28 July 1882 – 20 September 1973) was a Swiss-born French politician. From 1923 to 1925, with Albert Treint [fr], she was one of the main leaders of the French Communist Party. She served in the French Senate from 1946 to 1958 as a member of the Communist Party.^[1][2]

She was born Suzanne Depollier in La Chaux-de-Fonds. She was officially the daughter of François Dépollier and Louise Tissot-Daguerre, but her biological father, who also would raise her, was Auguste Spichiger [fr], a Swiss watchmaker and anarchist. She left Switzerland for Moscow in the winter of 1899. She worked as a teacher there. She subsequently married a Russian Nicolas Frenkel and settled in Odessa; the couple had two children. At the start of World War I, the family moved to Kiev. During the October Revolution, she worked with the Bolshevik party without actually becoming a member. She joined the French Communist Group in Moscow and worked as a translator for the Communist International. She also was personal secretary for Angelica Balabanoff.^[3]

In the early 1920s, she was sent to France.^[3] She became a leader of the Seine Federation of the French Communist Party, serving until she was removed by Joseph Stalin in 1926. She remained head of the Women's Commission.^[2]

From 1946 to 1958, she was senator for the Seine department. She did not run for reelection in 1958.^[3][1]

In 1967, she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner by the Soviet government.^[3]

Girault died in Paris at the age of 91.^[1]