Jean-François Lisée
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Jean-François Lisée MNA |
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| Leader of the Official Opposition in Quebec | |
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Assumed office October 7, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Sylvain Gaudreault |
| Leader of the Parti Québécois | |
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Assumed office October 7, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Sylvain Gaudreault (interim) |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Rosemont | |
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Assumed office September 4, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Louise Beaudoin |
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February 13, 1958 Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
| Cabinet | Leader of the Official Opposition |
Jean-François Lisée (born February 13, 1958 in Thetford Mines) is a politician in Quebec, Canada, and the leader of the Parti Québécois since October 2016. He was first elected a member of the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2012 Quebec election in the electoral district of Rosemont.
Prior to winning political office, he was a political analyst, journalist, author, intellectual and sovereignist thinker. He was a "special advisor" to former PQ premiers of Quebec Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard. Prior to his election, he was the Executive Director of the International Study and Research Centre at the University of Montreal. His work centred on Quebec sovereignty, the sociological phenomena affecting the latter's support, as well as the "Quebec Model" and social democracy in an era of globalization.
He served concurrently as the Minister of International Relations, the Francophonie, External Trade as well as the minister responsible for the Montreal region in the cabinet of Pauline Marois from 2012 to 2014.
Lisée formally entered Parti Québécois leadership election in May 2016, saying he would not campaign for sovereignty in his first mandate as premier. He was elected leader of the PQ on 7 October, winning 50.63% of the ballots during the second round.
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