Pierre Duchesne (born August 27, 1964) is a

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radio and television

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and politician from

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. He was a member of the

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for the riding of

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from 2012 to 2014, first elected in the

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Biography

Born in

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, Quebec, Duchesne obtained a bachelor's degree in

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from

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in 1986 and a certificate in journalism in 1988.Biography
National Assembly

Career in journalism

Duchesne was a radio and television journalist for the

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from 1990 to 2012. He was radio journalist (1990-1996) and reporter (1996-2001) for the

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, reporter (2001-2004) and Investigative journalist (2004-2005) for Radio-Canada television, Parliamentary correspondent in Québec (2005-2012) and Political analyst for Radio-Canada television in Québec (2010-2012).

Politics

After retiring from journalism, he entered politics and he was elected member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Borduas in the September 4, 2012 general election. On September 19, 2012 he was appointed the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology . He was defeated in the election of April 7, 2014 by

Simon Jolin-Barrette Simon Jolin-Barrette is a Canadian lawyer and politician in Quebec, Jolin-Barrette (born 1987) was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 Quebec election. He represents the riding of Borduas as a member of the Coalition Ave ...

of the CAQ party. On August 12, 2015 he was named Pierre-Karl Péladeau's chief of cabinet.

Professional awards

* 1998: Radio-Canada French-language radio award for best news story * 1998: Grand prize for radio awarded by the Communauté des radios publiques de langue française (France-Belgium-Switzerland-Canada) * 1998: John Humphrey journalism award, French Canadian branch of Amnesty International * 1999: John Humphrey journalism award, French Canadian branch of Amnesty International * 2001: Joint recipient of the Radio-Canada French-language radio award for best news story * 2002: Recipient of the Michener-Deacon Fellowship * 2005: Richard-Arès prize of ''L’Action nationale'' magazine

Books

Pierre Duchesne was selected by Société Radio-Canada to write an

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of former Prime minister Jacques Parizeau. The work was published in three volumes between 2001 and 2004: *2001: ''Jacques Parizeau, vol. 1 : Le Croisé, 1930-1970'', Québec Amérique, Montréal, 623 p., *2002: ''Jacques Parizeau, vol. 2 : Le Baron, 1970-1985'', Québec Amérique, Montréal, 535 p., *2004: ''Jacques Parizeau, vol. 3 : Le Régent, 1985-1995'', Québec Amérique, Montréal, 601 p.,

References

1964 births Living people Canadian radio journalists Canadian television journalists Journalists from Quebec Parti Québécois MNAs Politicians from Saguenay, Quebec Members of the Executive Council of Quebec Université Laval alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Quebec-MNA-stub