Philippe Couillard
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The Honourable Philippe Couillard PC MNA |
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| 31st Premier of Quebec | |
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Assumed office April 23, 2014 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Pierre Duchesne J. Michel Doyon |
| Preceded by | Pauline Marois |
| Leader of the Official Opposition in Quebec | |
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In office December 18, 2013 – April 23, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Marc Fournier |
| Succeeded by | Stéphane Bédard |
| Minister of Health | |
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In office April 29, 2003 – June 25, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | François Legault |
| Succeeded by | Yves Bolduc |
| Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party | |
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Assumed office March 17, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Charest |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Mont-Royal | |
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In office April 14, 2003 – March 26, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | André Tranchemontagne |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Arcand |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Jean-Talon | |
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In office March 26, 2007 – June 25, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Margaret F. Delisle |
| Succeeded by | Yves Bolduc |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Outremont | |
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In office December 18, 2013 – April 7, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Raymond Bachand |
| Succeeded by | Hélène David |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Roberval | |
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Assumed office April 7, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Denis Trottier |
| Personal details | |
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June 26, 1957 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Suzanne Pilote |
| Residence | Édifice Price, Québec City |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
| Profession | university professor, neurosurgeon |
Philippe Couillard (French: [filip kujaʁ]; born June 26, 1957) is the 31st and current Premier of Quebec, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and a former university professor and neurosurgeon in Quebec, Canada. In the 2014 election he moved to the riding of Roberval where he resides. Until June 25, 2008, he served as the Quebec Minister for Health and Social Services and was also MNA of Mont-Royal until he resigned in 2008 under Jean Charest's Liberal government.
Couillard was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Joseph Alfred Jean Pierre Couillard de Lespinay, a Canadian man, and Hélène Yvonne Pardé, a French woman. He holds a medical degree and a certification in neurosurgery from the Université de Montréal. He was the head of the department of neurosurgery at Hôpital Saint-Luc from 1989 to 1992 and again at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke from 1996 to 2003. From 1992 to 1996, he practised in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. In 2003, he left the medical profession to run for the Montreal-area seat of Mont-Royal in the National Assembly representing the Quebec Liberal Party. He was elected in the 2003 election and was appointed Minister of Health and Social Services on April 29, 2003.
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