Martin Coiteux () is a

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politician in

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, who was elected to the

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in the 2014 election. He represented the electoral district of Nelligan as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. He did not run for re-election in 2018 election. Prior to his election to the legislature, Coiteux was a senior economist with the Bank of Canada."Liberal strongholds on Montreal’s West Island"

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, April 7, 2014. He holds a BSc in economics from the University of Sherbrooke, a master's in economics from Queens University, and a PhD in international economics from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, in Geneva. From 2014 to 2016 he served as

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and since 2016 as Minister of

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and responsible for Montreal. On January 17, 2019, la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec announced the nomination of Martin Coiteux as the institution's chief economist.

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