Sylvain Simard
| Sylvain Simard | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Richelieu | |
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In office September 12, 1994 – 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Khelfa |
| Succeeded by | Élaine Zakaïb |
| Minister of State for Education and Employment, Minister of Education, and Minister responsible for Employment | |
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In office January 30, 2002 – April 29, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | François Legault |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Reid (education), Claude Béchard (employment) |
| President of the Treasury Board, Minister of state for Administration and the Public Service, and Minister responsible for Administration and the Public Service | |
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In office March 8, 2001 – January 30, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Jacques Léonard |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Facal |
| Minister of Citizenship and Immigration | |
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In office October 6, 2000 – March 8, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Perreault |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Facal |
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Minister of International Relations and Minister responsible for La Francophonie (also Minister responsible for international humanitarian action after January 22, 1997) |
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In office January 29, 1996 – December 15, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Bernard Landry |
| Succeeded by | Louise Beaudoin |
| Minister responsible for the Outaouais | |
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In office January 29, 1996 – December 15, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Yves Blais |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Facal |
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In office March 8, 2001 – April 29, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Facal |
| Succeeded by | Benoît Pelletier |
| President of the Mouvement National des Quebecois | |
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In office 1990–1994 |
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| Preceded by | Rolland Chaussé |
| Succeeded by | Louise Laurin |
| Vice-President of the Parti Québécois | |
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In office 1981–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Louise Harel |
| Succeeded by | Nadia Assimopoulos |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 26, 1945 Chicoutimi, Quebec |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
| Profession | professor |
| Portfolio | Treasury Board |
Sylvain Simard (born April 26, 1945) is a politician and academic based in the Canadian province of Quebec. He represented Richelieu in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2012, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry. Simard is a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ).
Simard was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from the Université de Montréal (1967), a Master of Arts degree from McGill University (1970), and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Bordeaux in France (1975). From 1976 to 1994, he was a professor of French literature at the University of Ottawa. He completed a work entitled Mythe et reflet de la France: L'image du Canada en France in 1987, examining perceptions of Quebec in France from the time of Louis Napoleon to World War I.
Simard's brother, Christian Simard, was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2006.
Simard first became involved with the Parti Québécois as a regional organizer in the Outaouais. He was elected as the PQ's vice-president in 1981 and argued that the party's internal organization should receive more autonomy from the provincial PQ government of René Lévesque.
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