Jean-Yves Duclos (; born 1965) is a Canadian economist and politician who has served as

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since 2021 under Prime Minister

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. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he has been the

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(MP) for Québec since 2015.

Early career and education

Duclos attended the

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, where he earned an undergraduate degree in economics, followed by graduate and doctoral studies in economics at the

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. His doctoral thesis in 1992 was titled "Progressivity, equity and the take-up of state benefits, with application to the 1985 British tax and benefit system". Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he headed the economics department at

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and was the president-elect of the

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. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2014.

Tenure in Parliament

He was elected to represent the riding of Québec in the

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in the 2015 general election as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was the first Liberal elected to represent this riding since

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, who left office in 1984. He was appointed to the federal Cabinet, headed by

, as

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.Quebec MPs given prominent posts in new Liberal cabinet

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, November 4, 2015. He was reelected in the 2019 general election and sworn in as

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. On October 26, 2021, he was appointed

Electoral record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duclos, Jean-Yves Living people Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Quebec City Alumni of the London School of Economics University of Alberta alumni Canadian economists Université Laval faculty 1965 births Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Members of the 29th Canadian Ministry