Gilles Duceppe
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office March 15, 1997 – June 1, 1997 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Michel Gauthier |
| Succeeded by | Preston Manning |
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In office January 16, 1996 – February 17, 1996 Interim |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Lucien Bouchard |
| Succeeded by | Michel Gauthier |
| Leader of the Bloc Québécois | |
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In office June 10, 2015 – October 22, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mario Beaulieu |
| Succeeded by | Rhéal Fortin (interim) |
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In office March 15, 1997 – May 2, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Michel Gauthier |
| Succeeded by |
Vivian Barbot (interim) Daniel Paillé |
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In office January 16, 1996 – February 17, 1996 Interim |
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| Preceded by | Lucien Bouchard |
| Succeeded by | Michel Gauthier |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie |
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In office August 13, 1990 – May 1, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Claude Malépart |
| Succeeded by | Hélène Laverdière |
| Personal details | |
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July 22, 1947 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Other political affiliations |
Workers' Communist Party of Canada (formerly) |
| Spouse(s) | Yolande Brunelle |
| Children | Amélie Duceppe and Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe |
| Alma mater | University of Montreal (Incomplete) |
| Profession |
Orderly Union organizer Political analyst |
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Gilles Duceppe (French pronunciation: [ʒil dysɛp]; born July 22, 1947) is a Canadian politician, proponent of the Québec sovereignty movement and former leader of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and has been the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois for 15 years in three stints: 1996, 1997-2011 and in 2015. He is the son of a well-known Quebec actor, Jean Duceppe. He was Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada from March 17, 1997, to June 1, 1997. He resigned as party leader after the 2011 election, in which he lost his own seat to New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Hélène Laverdière and his party suffered a heavy defeat; however, he returned four years later to lead the party into the 2015 election. After being defeated in his own riding by Laverdière again, he resigned once more.
Duceppe was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Hélène (née Rowley) and actor Jean Duceppe. His maternal grandfather was John James Rowley, a Briton by birth and a home child. Duceppe often quips of his British roots, once saying "I'm a bloke who turned Bloc."
Duceppe has told the story of an Anglophone Grade 6 teacher slapping him after he complained about preferential treatment being given to anglophone students. Duceppe claimed he slapped the teacher back. He became a sovereigntist by the age of 20, inspired by René Lévesque and the founding of the Mouvement Souveraineté-Association.
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