Jacques-Yvan Morin, (born July 15, 1931 in

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) is a former professor of law and a politician in Quebec,

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. Morin graduated from the

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with a BCL in 1953, where he was the founder of the ''

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''. He taught international and constitutional law at Université de Montréal from 1958 until 1973. He was deputy director of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law from 1963 to 1973 and founded the Quebec Journal of International Law in 1984. From 1966 to 1969, he chaired the Estates General of French Canada and joined in 1970 the

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. He became president of the ''Mouvement national des Québécois'' in 1971. He failed to win a seat in Bourassa in the 1970 Quebec provincial election but won a seat in the riding of Sauvé in the 1973 election. After the latter election the ''

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'' became the official opposition since the former opposition party, the '' Union Nationale'', had failed to win any seats. Since the party leader,

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, had not won a seat in the 1973 election, Morin became leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly until the 1976 election, which the ''Parti québécois'' won. As a member of Lévesque's government, Morin was appointed successively Minister of Education (1976–1981), Cultural and Scientific Development (1981–1982) and Intergovernmental Affairs (1982–1984). During those years, he also served as

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. Morin returned to teaching in 1984 at

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, where he became professor emeritus in 1997. In 2001, he was made a Grand Officer of the

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. Other honours include the Rights and Freedoms Prize of the Commission on Human Rights in Quebec (2000) and the Prix René-Chaloult of the Association of Former Parliamentarians (2011).

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