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13 Facts About Georges Anglade

1.

Georges Anglade studied at the University of Strasbourg from 1965 to 1969, where he obtained a degree of literature in 1967 and doctorate of geography in 1969.

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Georges Anglade came to Montreal in 1969 and was one of the founders of the Universite du Quebec a Montreal.

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Georges Anglade was head of the UQAM department of geography from 1982 to 1984, served two terms as head of the graduate program, and was a professor of social geography until 2002.

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Georges Anglade was exiled from Haiti in 1974 and 1991.

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Georges Anglade spent much of his adult life in exile in Quebec.

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Georges Anglade served as the Minister of Public Works of Haiti for 10 months in 1995.

7.

Georges Anglade served on the board of PEN Quebec for 11 years.

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8.

Georges Anglade founded the PEN Centre Haiti, and served as president until his death in 2010.

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Georges Anglade's vision was realized in 2012, with the opening of the Maison Georges Anglade PEN Centre located in Thomassin, Haiti.

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Georges Anglade was killed alongside his wife, Mireille Neptune Georges Anglade, a women's rights activist, in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

11.

Mireille and George Georges Anglade's house, located in the same ancestral domain in Port-au-Prince, collapsed.

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Georges Anglade's daughter Dominique Anglade was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and was deputy premier of the province from October 2017 to October 2018.

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Georges Anglade became the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and leader of the Official Opposition of Quebec in May 2020, until her retirement from politics in November 2022 following the results of the Quebec 2022 general election.