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The premier of Quebec (French: premier ministre du Québec [pʁəmje ministʁ dy kebɛk] (masculine) or première ministre du Québec [pʁəmjɛʁ-] (feminine)) is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec.
Legault's ongoing tenure of 6 years, 93 days, as premier is the ninth-longest in Quebec history. Prior to entering politics, he was the co-founder of the Canadian airline Air Transat . [ 1 ] He was a MNA from 1998 to 2009—serving in the governments of former premiers Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry —as the minister of education from 1998 ...
This is a list of the premiers of the province of Quebec since Canadian Confederation in 1867. Quebec uses a unicameral (originally bicameral) Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the National Assembly (previously called the Legislative Assembly).
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, the longest consecutively serving premier. The premier of Quebec is the head of government of Quebec. Since Canadian Confederation in 1867, there have been 32 premiers who have formed 37 Quebec ministries. The first premier, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, took office on July 15, 1867.
The premier of Quebec (French: premier ministre du Québec, lit. 'prime minister of Quebec') is the primary minister of the Crown. The premier acts as the head of government for the province, chairs and selects the membership of the Cabinet, and advises the Crown on the exercise of executive power and much of the royal prerogative.
The oldest first minister, François Legault of Quebec, is 67; the youngest first minister, P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, is 40. Of the current first ministers, two (Danielle Smith of Alberta and Susan Holt of New Brunswick) are women and three (P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, Wab Kinew of Manitoba, and R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories) are ...
The premier is Quebec's head of government, while the King is its head of state. When the party with the most seats has fewer than half of the total number of seats, it forms a minority government, which can be voted out of power by the other parties. Members meet in the Quebec Parliament Building in the provincial capital city of Quebec City
He served as President of the Quebec Oil and Gas Association from 2011 until 2013. [18] After retiring as premier, Bouchard avoided making public comments on politics until 2010, when he used a panel event celebrating the 100th anniversary of Montreal newspaper Le Devoir to argue that sovereignty was no longer a realistic goal for Quebec ...