André Caillé (born September 11, 1943) is a

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executive. André Caillé was the chairman of

Hydro-Québec Hydro-Québec is a public utility that manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the Canadian province of Quebec, as well as the export of power to portions of the Northeast United States. It was established by the ...

from September 2004 to November 2007 and the chairman of the World Energy Congress. From October 1996 until April 2005, he was president and chief executive officer of Hydro-Québec. From 1982 until 1996, he was an executive of

Gaz Métropolitain GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (russian: ГАЗ or Го́рьковский автомоби́льный заво́д, , Gorky Automobile Plant) is a Russian automotive manufacturer located in Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky (Го� ...

, a distributor of

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. He is a chemist, and earned a doctorate in

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(1968) from the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

. He has been

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of the

. He was president of the Mental Illness Foundation. Administrator and Senior strategic advisor for Junex since April 2008. President of the QOGA
Quebec Oil and Gas Association
created in April 2009.

Political views

Quebec's Deputy Minister of the Environment from 1978 to 1981. Caillé affirmed he voted Yes in the 1995 Quebec referendum on sovereignty, but stated he presently believes the ADQ's autonomist policy is more concurrent with the feelings of Quebecers. Caillé also considered the notion of being a candidate for the

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in the 2008 national election as well, but did not.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caille, Andre 1943 births Living people Businesspeople from Quebec Université de Montréal alumni Canadian physical chemists