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Fatima Houda-Pepin

Fatima Houda-Pepin
MNA for La Pinière
In office
September 12, 1994 – April 7, 2014
Preceded by Jean-Pierre Saintonge
Succeeded by Gaétan Barrette
Personal details
Born (1951-12-26) December 26, 1951 (age 65)
Meknes, Morocco
Political party Quebec Liberal Party (1994-2014)
Independent (2014-present)
Cabinet First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Quebec

Fatima Houda-Pepin (born December 26, 1951) was a Quebec politician and a member of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada. She represented the La Pinière electoral district (the city of Brossard) between 1994 and 2014, and was a member from the Quebec Liberal Party until 2014.

She was born in Meknes, Morocco. After doing studies in political sciences at Mohammed V University in Rabat and earning a bachelor's degree in commerce at Lycée Al Khansa in Casablanca, she obtained a bachelor's degree in political sciences at Université Laval, a master's degree in international relations at the University of Ottawa, a doctor's degree in international relations at Université de Montréal and a master's degree in library and information science at McGill University.

She was a researcher in information society issues and has made international trips to study the evolution of information technology. She has worked as a consultant for the federal and provincial governments as well as for the city of Montreal. She was also a lecturer at Université de Montréal and the Université du Québec à Montréal. She received, for her work in the community, the Governor General's Commemorative Medal in 1992 and was honoured during Women's History Month in 1993. She was also a member on the Montérégie development board.


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