Alexandre Cloutier (born September 1, 1977) is a

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politician and lawyer. He was a member of

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for the riding of

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in the

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region from 2007 to 2018, representing the

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Biography

Cloutier holds an

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from the

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, a bachelor's degree in law from the

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, a

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from the

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, and a master's degree in public

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from the

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. Prior to beginning his career he worked at the

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as a clerk for Justice

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. He became a member of the

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in 2002 and thereafter worked variously as a lawyer and lecturer at the

. He also acted as a political aide to both the former federal MP for

Lac-Saint-Jean-Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean () is a federal electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, northeast Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2004, and has been represented since 2015. Demographics ...

in 2000 and to his Lac-Saint-Jean MNA and predecessor Stéphan Tremblay in 2006. Cloutier was elected as the riding's MNA in the

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in which he defeated the

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candidate

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. He was named the PQ's critic in research and development by leader

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. After

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' nomination as the new leader of the PQ, he was named the critic for Canadian intergovernmental affairs. In

's 2012–2014 government he held cabinet posts as the Minister responsible for the Nord-du-Québec region and subsequently as the Minister for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs, the Canadian Francophonie and Sovereignist Governance.Offices held
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Notes and references

External links

Official Website of Alexandre Cloutier
* 1977 births Alumni of the University of Cambridge French Quebecers Living people Parti Québécois MNAs Members of the Executive Council of Quebec Politicians from Saguenay, Quebec Lawyers in Quebec Université de Montréal alumni Université Laval alumni University of Ottawa alumni Clerks of the Supreme Court of Canada 21st-century Canadian politicians {{PartiQuébécois-Quebec-MNA-stub