Pierre Duchesne (born February 27, 1940) is a

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public servant who was the 28th

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and former secretary general of the

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. As lieutenant governor he was the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of

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. His appointment was made by

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, on the

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, and announced on May 18, 2007.

Biography

With a Bachelor of Arts degree from the seminary of

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and a licentiate in law from

Laval University Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxe ...

, Duchesne became a

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in Sept-Îles in 1966. He had worked in the National Assembly since 1974 and served as its secretary general from 1984 to 2001. He is the author of two important publications on Quebec parliamentary procedure, ''Recueil des décisions concernant la procédure parlementaire'' and ''La Procédure parlementaire du Québec''. On May 18, 2007, he was announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as the next Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, replacing outgoing Lieutenant Governor Lise Thibault. He was sworn in on June 7, 2007.

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External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duchesne, Pierre 1940 births 20th-century Canadian civil servants Living people Lieutenant governors of Quebec Université Laval Faculté de droit alumni