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Jean Charest

1958 - Today

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John James "Jean" Charest (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʃɑʁɛ]; born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012. Prior to that, he was a member of Parliament (MP) between 1984 and 1998. After holding several Cabinet posts from 1986 to 1990 and from 1991 to 1993, he was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Charest worked as a lawyer before becoming an MP following the 1984 federal election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Charest is the 17,265th most popular politician (down from 17,139th in 2019), the 697th most popular biography from Canada (down from 667th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean Charest ranks 17,265 out of 19,576. Before him are Kubatbek Boronov, Rodney Mullen, Aleksy Antkiewicz, Marina Solodkin, Mao Chi-kuo, and Eduardo Riedel. After him are Igor Shuvalov, Gilles Duceppe, Carmen Calvo Poyato, Balakh Sher Mazari, Sumitra Mahajan, and Amadou Sanogo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Jean Charest ranks 512. Before him are Mile Isaković, Tony Pulis, Sergio Omar Almirón, Oscar Nunez, Julio César Uribe, and José Luis Clerc. After him are Victor Salva, John Aldridge, Neville Southall, Louise Ritter, Betsy DeVos, and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jean Charest ranks 697 out of 1,622. Before him are Will Kymlicka (1962), Annie Murphy (1986), Tara Strong (1973), Deryck Whibley (1980), Shalom Harlow (1973), and Horace Gwynne (1912). After him are Carly Rae Jepsen (1985), Gilles Duceppe (1947), Daniel David Palmer (1845), Santino Marella (1974), Daniel Powter (1971), and Shenae Grimes (1989).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Jean Charest ranks 67. Before him are Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849), Ken Dryden (1947), Tom Mulcair (1954), Stéphane Dion (1955), Ted Lindsay (1925), and Jennifer Granholm (1959). After him are Gilles Duceppe (1947), Beattie Ramsay (1895), S. I. Hayakawa (1906), Hazel McCallion (1921), Joseph Albert Sullivan (1901), and Nellie McClung (1873).

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