Alain Paquet (born April 17, 1961) is a Quebec politician, professor and economist. He was a Member of

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for the riding of

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and served as the province's Delegate Minister of Finance, from February 3, 2011, until his defeat in the 2012 Québec General Elections, to Leo Bureau-Blouin of the

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. Paquet represented the Quebec Liberal Party. Paquet went to the

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and obtained a

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in economics. He would then attend the

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and obtained a master's and a doctorate in economics and would add another

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at Queen's University. Has been a professor since 1988 in the Faculty of Economics at the

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. He was a research scholar for the centre for research on employment and economic variations for 14 years. He was also a guest consultant for the Bank of Canada, the

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and the

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n Institute of Economic Research. He was a board member of the Quebec Consumers Association. Paquet was elected in the 2003 elections and named the chair of the Public Finances Committee from 2003 to 2005 and later the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Finance. He was re-elected in 2007.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paquet, Alain 1961 births Living people Canadian economists French Quebecers Politicians from Quebec City Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Queen's University at Kingston alumni University of Rochester alumni Université Laval alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians