Gilles Duceppe
Gilles Duceppe (; born July 22,1947) is a Canadian politician. He was leader of the Quebec sovereignty movement and former leader of the Bloc Quebecois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and has been the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Quebecois for 15 years in three stints: 1996,1997-2011 and in 2015.
He resigned as party leader after the 2011 election, in which he lost his own seat to New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Helene Laverdiere and his party suffered a heavy defeat; however, he returned four years later to lead the party into the 2015 election. After being defeated in his own riding by Laverdiere again, he resigned once more.
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1947 births
Living people
Politicians from Montreal
Leaders of the Opposition (Canada) Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec