François Legault
François Legault MNA (pronounced [fʁɑ̃.swa lə.ɡo]; born May 26, 1957) is a Canadian politician serving as the 32nd premier of Quebec since 2018. A founding member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), he has led the party since it began in 2011. Legault sits as a member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the Lanaudière region riding of L'Assomption. Legault's ongoing tenure of 5 years, 185 days as premier is the ninth-longest in Quebec history and the longest of any Quebec premier since 2012.
The Honourable François Legault MNA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 32nd Premier of Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office October 18, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deputy | Geneviève Guilbault | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Philippe Couillard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office November 4, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Dominique Anglade Maud Cohen Stéphane Le Bouyonnec Sarah Beaumier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 26, 1957 Lachine, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Coalition Avenir Québec (since 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Parti Québécois (1998–2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Isabelle Brais (m. 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Édifice Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | HEC Montréal (BBA, MBA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prior to entering politics, he was the co-founder of the Canadian airline Air Transat. 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 to 2002 and as the minister of health from 2002 to 2003. He was a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), first elected in the 1998 Quebec election in the riding of Rousseau. He was re-elected in 2003, 2007, and 2008 but resigned his seat on June 25, 2009. He returned to the legislature following his victory in the 2012 Quebec provincial election as the MNA for L'Assomption, a suburb of Montreal. He was reelected in 2014. He led the CAQ to majority governments in the 2018 and 2022 provincial elections; the first government not of the Quebec Liberal Party or the Parti Québécois (PQ) since Jean-Jacques Bertrand's 1970 Union Nationale government.