Benoît Pelletier
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Minister of Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs (Quebec) Also styled as the Minister responsible for Francophone Canadians from 18 February 2005, and the Minister for the Agreement on Internal Trade from 17 March 2005, to 18 April 2007. |
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In office 29 April 2003 – 18 December 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Charbonneau |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Dupuis |
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Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Styled as Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs from 2007 to 2008. |
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In office 29 April 2003 – 18 February 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Rémy Trudel and Michel Létourneau |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Kelley |
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In office 18 April 2007 – 18 December 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Geoffrey Kelley |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Corbeil |
| Leader of the Government in Parliament | |
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In office 18 April 2007 – 5 November 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Jacques Dupuis |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Dupuis |
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Minister responsible for the reform of democratic institutions Also styled as the Minister responsible for Access to Information from 17 March 2005. |
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In office 18 February 2005 – 18 December 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Jacques Dupuis |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Dupuis |
| Minister responsible for the Outaouais | |
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In office 29 April 2003 – 18 December 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Sylvain Simard |
| Succeeded by | Norman MacMillan |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Chapleau | |
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In office 30 November 1998 – 5 November 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Claire Vaive |
| Succeeded by | Marc Carrière |
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10 January 1960 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | lawyer, professor |
Benoît Pelletier CM OQ (born 10 January 1960) is lawyer, academic, and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1998 to 2008 and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Jean Charest. He is best known for promoting the concept of "asymmetric federalism," wherein Quebec nationalism may be incorporated into a decentralized Canadian federal structure.
Pelletier was born in Quebec City, Quebec. His father, Jean-Paul Pelletier, was an administrator and municipal councillor.
Pelletier received a law degree from Université Laval in 1981 and was admitted to the Barreau du Québec the following year. He later earned a Master's Degree in law from the University of Ottawa (1989) and doctorates in law from the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne (1996) and the Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III (2000).
Pelletier was a legal adviser at the Canadian Department of Justice from 1983 to 1990, when he received a faculty position at the University of Ottawa. He taught there for several years and was recognized as professor of the year in 1998. He also authored several works on constitutional law and was often interviewed as an expert on the subject in the 1990s.
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