Quebec
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Parti Québécois
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, but left the party on June 21, 2011 to protest the party's focus on sovereignty. On December 19, 2011 he joined the
Coalition Avenir Québec
The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ; , ) is a Quebec nationalist, autonomist and conservativeMinister of Sustainable Development and Environment. In 2021 he was assigned a new provincial role in combating racism.
A graduate of
Université du Québec à Montréal
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with a
bachelor's degree
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in history, he also studied municipal development at the
École nationale d'administration publique
The (ENAP meaning National School of Public Administration) is a graduate school in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1969 by the Quebec provincial government as a means of encouraging people to study professional public admini ...
. He worked as program manager at the Ministry of International Relations. He was also responsible for the documentation center at the Quebec General Delegation Délégation générale du Québec in Mexico.
Charette defeated the ADQ's
Lucie Leblanc
Lucie Leblanc (born April 1, 1962 in Montreal, Quebec) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. She was an Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Deux-Montagnes from 2007 to 2008.
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