François Beaulne (born November 28, 1946) is a Quebec politician, he is the son of diplomats Yvon Beaulne and Thérèse Pratte.

Biography

Beaulne earned two master's degree from the

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, in

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and in business administration, finance and commerce. He also has a doctorate in

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from

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. He taught economics at the

. He then worked at the Consul of Canada in San Francisco from 1974 to 1978 and at the Department of External Affairs of Canada from 1978 to 1980. He became vice-president, international affairs, at the

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from 1980 to 1986. He returned to teaching at the

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from 1987 until 1989.

Political career

While at the University of Ottawa, he ran for the NDP in the 1972 federal election. Tommy Douglas spoke at his nomination. He lost to Liberal Jean-Robert Gauthier. Later, in Montreal, while teaching, he ran for the NDP in the riding of Laurier-Sainte-Marie in the 1988 federal election, finishing in a strong third place. He caught the attention of Jacques Parizeau, the leader of the

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and served as his Senior Economic Advisor. Beaulne ran in the riding of Bertrand in

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

and won. He was re-elected in Marguerite-D'Youville in

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and served as Parliamentary Assistant to Premier Jacques Parizeau. Beaulne was re-elected in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, he went on to serve as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in the

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government. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for International Relations in the

Bernard Landry Bernard Landry (; March 9, 1937 – November 6, 2018) was a Canadian politician who served as the 28th premier of Quebec from 2001 to 2003. A member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), he led the party from 2001 to 2005, also serving as the leader ...

government until becoming the Second Vice President of the National Assembly of Quebec. Beaulne ran for re-election in

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but lost narrowly to Pierre Moreau as the Landry Government was turfed from office.Francois Beaulne Quebec National Assembly Biography
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Diplomatic career

After losing his seat, Beaulne went to work at the United Nations and was a political adviser in five countries:

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Burundi Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest city and ...

and

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. He received the Cambodia Medal of Merit for his contribution to parliamentary democracy.

Attempted political comeback

In 2015, Beaulne sought the NDP nomination for the new riding of Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, he lost to Raphaël Fortin.

Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

References

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