Nicolas Marceau was born on June 23,1964 and is a Canadian economist, university professor, politician and former Minister of Finance of Quebec.
11 Facts About Nicolas Marceau
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Nicolas Marceau was previously a professor of economics at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal.
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Nicolas Marceau was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on September 21,2009, representing the electoral district of Rousseau as a member of the Parti Quebecois.
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Nicolas Marceau was named minister of finance and the economy in September 2012 after the PQ won the 2012 general election.
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Nicolas Marceau's education includes bachelor and master of science degrees from Universite de Montreal and a doctorate from Queen's University, all in economics.
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Nicolas Marceau was an economics professor at Laval University from 1992 to 1996, and at Universite du Quebec a Montreal from 1996 to 2009.
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Nicolas Marceau has published 29 articles in academic journals in the field of public economic policy, including in The American Economic Review.
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Nicolas Marceau won UQAM's teaching award five times, and was a co-recipient of the 2002 Harry Johnson Prize.
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Nicolas Marceau was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec in a September 2009 by-election, and was Official Opposition critic for finance from 2010 to 2012.
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Nicolas Marceau became finance minister in 2012 immediately after the PQ won a minority government in the Quebec general election of 2012.
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Nicolas Marceau has continued to emphasize a priority of eliminating Quebec's deficit.