Jean Rochon was a Canadian politician and member of the National Assembly of Quebec.
16 Facts About Jean Rochon
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Jean Rochon was a cabinet minister for several ministries from 1994 to 2003 when the Parti Quebecois formed the government under the leadership of Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry.
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Jean Rochon graduated from the Universite de Montreal with a Bachelor of Arts in 1958, before earning a law degree from the same institution three years later.
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Jean Rochon then obtained a medical degree from the Universite Laval in 1966, before being awarded a masters and doctorate in public health from Harvard University.
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Jean Rochon first worked at the Universite Laval Faculte de medecine starting in 1970.
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Jean Rochon established the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine there and served as its first director.
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Jean Rochon was director of the Department of Community Health at the Centre hospitalier de l'Universite Laval.
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Jean Rochon was later appointed dean of the faculty of medicine in 1979.
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Jean Rochon was the head of a major report on the state of health and social services in the provinces from 1985 to 1987, when the Liberals and then-Premier Robert Bourassa were in power.
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Jean Rochon tabled several proposals in order to reform the health care system.
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Jean Rochon entered politics in 1994, running in the provincial election that year as a candidate for the Parti Quebecois.
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Jean Rochon was elected to the National Assembly, representing the district of Charlesbourg.
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Jean Rochon was then named Minister of Health on September 26,1994.
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Jean Rochon was responsible for introducing legislation in 1998 to limit public smoking and reduce youth smoking.
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Jean Rochon's seat was won by the Liberal candidate Eric Mercier, who defeated Jonatan Julien of the Action democratique du Quebec in the 2003 Quebec general election.
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Jean Rochon died on October 16,2021, after a short illness.