Jacques Parizeau
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Jacques Parizeau GOQ, PhD |
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Jacques Parizeau in 2008
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| 26th Premier of Quebec | |
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In office September 26, 1994 – January 29, 1996 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor | Martial Asselin |
| Preceded by | Daniel Johnson, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Lucien Bouchard |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office September 25, 1989 – September 26, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Guy Chevrette |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Johnson Jr |
| Leader of the Parti Québécois | |
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In office March 18, 1988 – January 27, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Guy Chevrette (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Lucien Bouchard |
| MNA for L'Assomption | |
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In office September 25, 1989 – January 29, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Guy Gervais |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Claude St-André |
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In office November 15, 1976 – November 27, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Perreault |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Guy Gervais |
| Personal details | |
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August 9, 1930 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | June 1, 2015 (aged 84) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
| Spouse(s) |
Alice Poznanska (deceased) Lisette Lapointe |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Economist |
Jacques Parizeau, GOQ, PhD, (French pronunciation: [ʒɑk parizo]; August 9, 1930 – June 1, 2015) was a noted economist and Quebec sovereigntist who was the 26th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996.
Parizeau was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Germaine (née Biron) and Gérard Parizeau, from a family of wealth and privilege. Gérard Parizeau built one of Quebec’s great fortunes and one of the province’s largest financial firms from a brokerage he established in the 1930s. Jacques' great-grandfather was a founder of the Montreal Chambre de Commerce and his grandfather was a doctor of renown and a Chevalier of the Legion d’honneur.
As a teenager, Parizeau had radical views and distributed leaflets for Communist Fred Rose's election campaigns. While sympathetic to the Labor-Progressive Party he never joined.
His parents supported bilingualism and sent him to English summer camp. He attended Collège Stanislas, a Roman Catholic private school. He went on to graduate with a PhD from the London School of Economics in London, England, as well as degrees at HEC Montréal, Paris Institute of Political Studies and Faculté de droit de Paris. Because of a prior commitment to return to instruct at HEC, he left England, where career opportunities were offered in British academia. He served an internship with the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, and directed his brightest students to Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario for postgraduate studies.
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