Philippe Couillard

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Philippe Couillard (2014)

Philippe Couillard , PC (born June 26, 1957 in Montreal ) is a Canadian politician and professor of neurosurgery . He was chairman of the Parti libéral du Québec and Prime Minister of the Province of Québec from April 23, 2014 to October 18, 2018 . After teaching at the Universities of Montreal and Sherbrooke , he was elected to the Québec National Assembly in 2003 . He served as Minister of Health and Social Affairs in Jean Charest's government for five years. In 2008 he temporarily withdrew from politics until he was elected party leader in 2013 and returned to the National Assembly.

biography

Family, studies and work

On his father's side, Philippe Couillard is descended from Guillaume Couillard, who settled in New France in 1613 and was raised to the nobility by King Louis XIV as the first resident of the colony. He is the son of Philippe Couillard (1928–2001), a biology professor at the Université de Montréal . His mother, Hélène Pardé, was born in France , which is why he also has French citizenship. After graduating from the Collège Stanislas in Outremont , he began to study medicine at the Université de Montréal, which he completed in 1979 at the age of just 22. He then specialized in neurosurgery and obtained a corresponding diploma in 1985.

Couillard worked at the Hôpital Saint-Luc in Montreal and headed the neurosurgical department there from 1989 to 1992. During this time he also taught at the Medical Faculty of the Université de Montréal. From 1992 to 1996 he was involved in setting up a department for neurosurgery in Dhahran in Saudi Arabia . After returning to Canada, he taught at the Université de Sherbrooke . From 2000 he was also chief physician of the surgical department of the University Hospital of Sherbrooke .

Couillard is married and has three children.

politics

In 2003 Couillard turned to politics. As a candidate for the Parti libéral du Québec , he ran in the constituency of Mont-Royal and was elected on April 14, 2003 as a member of the National Assembly of Québec . In this liberal stronghold he prevailed with over 80% of the vote. Prime Minister Jean Charest appointed Couillard to the government and on April 29 made him Minister of Health and Social Affairs. He reorganized basic medical care, which made it possible to reduce administrative costs. Under his leadership, the tobacco law was tightened so that smoking has been banned in public buildings in Québec since 2006. In the elections on May 26, 2007 Couillard entered the constituency of Jean-Talon, which includes part of the provincial capital Québec . There he was re-elected with 42% of the vote. In addition, Charest appointed him Minister for the Capitale-Nationale region . In this capacity he was involved in the preparation of the 400th anniversary of Québec.

On June 25, 2008, Couillard announced his resignation as Minister and MP. Two months later, he became a partner at Persistence Capital Partners , a healthcare investment fund. The Canadian federal government appointed him on June 23, 2010 to the Security Intelligence Review Committee , the supervisory authority of the Canadian secret service CSIS . This appointment also resulted in admission to the Canadian Privy Council . In 2011 and 2012, Couillard also worked for the strategy consultancy Groupe Secor .

Couillard announced his imminent return to politics on October 3, 2012 and applied to succeed the resigned Jean Charest as chairman of the Parti libéral. At the liberal party convention on March 17, 2013, he clearly prevailed in the first ballot against former ministers Raymond Bachand and Pierre Moreau and took over the party chairmanship. In order to be able to move back into the National Assembly, he ran on December 9 for a by-election in the Outremont constituency, in which he received 55% of the vote. This enabled him to run against the incumbent Prime Minister Pauline Marois of the Québécois Party and the candidate of the Avenir Québec coalition , François Legault , in the early elections on April 7, 2014 . The election campaign began on March 5, 2014 with the dissolution of Parliament by Vice Governor Pierre Duchesne . Although polls initially predicted a victory for the Québécois Party, support for the ruling party fell over the course of the election campaign. The Liberals eventually won an absolute majority of the parliamentary seats.

In the election to the provincial parliament in October 2018, the Liberals lost to the Avenir Québec coalition , whereupon Couillard was replaced as Prime Minister by François Legault.

Web links

Commons : Philippe Couillard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Un Breton d'origine aux commandes. Le Télégramme, April 9, 2014, accessed April 13, 2014 (French).
  2. ↑ Pierre Couillard (1928-2001). Université de Montréal, accessed on April 13, 2014 (French).
  3. ^ Élections générales - Mont-Royal. Le directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed on April 13, 2014 (French).
  4. ↑ Anti-puffing spies to police Quebec smoking ban. CBC News, May 17, 2006, accessed April 13, 2014 (French).
  5. ↑ Philippe Couillard quince. canoe.ca, June 25, 2008, accessed April 13, 2014 (French).
  6. ^ Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces appointments to the Security Intelligence Review Committee. Office of the Prime Minister, June 23, 2010, accessed April 12, 2014 .
  7. ^ Philippe Couillard devient conseiller chez Secor. La Presse, February 14, 2011, accessed April 13, 2014 (French).
  8. ^ Quebec Liberals choose Philippe Couillard as leader. CBC News, March 17, 2013, accessed April 13, 2014 .
  9. ^ Quebec Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard wins byelection to get legislature seat. Maclean's, December 10, 2013, accessed April 12, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Liberals win general election - damper on independence movement in Quebec. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 8, 2014, accessed on April 12, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Couillard, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician and professor of neurosurgery
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal