Jacques Parizeau was a Canadian politician and Quebecois economist who was a noted Quebec sovereigntist and the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26,1994, to January 29,1996.
26 Facts About Jacques Parizeau
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Gerard Jacques Parizeau built one of Quebec's great fortunes and one of the province's largest financial firms from a brokerage he established in the 1930s.
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Jacques Parizeau' great-grandfather was a founder of the Montreal Chambre de Commerce and his grandfather was a doctor of renown and a Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur.
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Jacques Parizeau's parents supported bilingualism and sent him to English summer camp.
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Jacques Parizeau attended College Stanislas, a Roman Catholic private school.
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Jacques Parizeau went on to graduate with a PhD from the London School of Economics in London, England, as well as degrees at HEC Montreal, Paris Institute of Political Studies and Faculte de droit de Paris.
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Jacques Parizeau served an internship with the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, and directed his brightest students to Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario for postgraduate studies.
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Jacques Parizeau joked that the Quiet Revolution was essentially carried out by three or four cabinet ministers, two dozen civil servants and 50 chansonniers.
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Jacques Parizeau gradually became a committed sovereigntist, and officially joined the Parti Quebecois on September 19,1969.
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Jacques Parizeau ran for office in the Montreal districts of Ahuntsic in 1970 and Cremazie in 1973, but lost in both.
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Jacques Parizeau played an important role in the 1980 Quebec referendum campaign in favour of the government's proposals for sovereignty-association.
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Jacques Parizeau was criticized for supporting the Charter of the French Language.
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Jacques Parizeau opposed this shift, resigned from Cabinet along with many other members, and temporarily retired from politics.
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Jacques Parizeau rejected the offer and went on to become PQ leader and premier.
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Jacques Parizeau promised to hold a referendum on Quebec sovereignty within a year of his election, and despite many objections, he followed through on this promise.
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Jacques Parizeau agreed and as the campaign progressed he lost his leadership role to Bouchard.
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Jacques Parizeau resigned as PQ leader and Quebec premier the next day.
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Jacques Parizeau was replaced by Lucien Bouchard as PQ leader and Quebec premier on January 29,1996.
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Jacques Parizeau retired to private life, but continued to make comments critical of Bouchard's new government and its failure to press the cause of Quebec independence.
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Jacques Parizeau owned an estate at his vineyard in France, a farm in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and a home in Montreal.
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In June 2008, along with the other four living former Premiers of Quebec, Jacques Parizeau was named a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec by Premier Jean Charest.
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At a 2013 meeting of Option nationale, Jacques Parizeau stated to the room that the target of sovereignty for Quebec is still realizable, and that the PQ should make the maximum effort to attain it, including using public funds.
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Jacques Parizeau said that when he laid blame for the loss, he said "ethnic votes" and not the ethnic vote, and was referring to a coalition of Greek, Italian, and Jewish organizations which actively campaigned on the "no" side.
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Jacques Parizeau let his PQ membership lapse and supported the fledgling party Option nationale and its youthful leader Jean-Martin Aussant.
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Jacques Parizeau lost the 1989 election, and won the 1994 election.
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Jacques Parizeau announced his resignation the day after the "Yes" side in the 1995 Quebec referendum was defeated.