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René Lévesque GOQ ([ʁəne leˈvɛːk] Quebec pronunciation ⓘ; August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985.
René Lévesque est un homme d'État québécois né le 24 août 1922 à Campbellton (Nouveau-Brunswick) et mort le 1 er novembre 1987 à Montréal .
René Lévesque, premier of Québec 1976-85, politician, journalist, nationalist (born 24 Aug 1922 in Campbellton, NB; died 1 November 1987 in Montréal, QC). A prominent member of Jean Lesage's Liberal Cabinet during the Quiet Revolution, Lévesque later founded the Parti québécois (PQ), eventually bringing it to power in 1976.
René Lévesque (born August 24, 1922, Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada—died November 1, 1987, Montreal, Quebec) was the premier of the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec (1976–85) and a leading advocate of sovereignty for that province.
May 11, 2018 · René Lévesque. As premier of the province of Quebec, Canada, from 1976 to 1985, René Lévesque (1922-1987) was the first French-Canadian political leader since confederation to attempt, through a referendum, to negotiate political independence for Quebec.
René Lévesque grew up in New Carlisle on the Gaspé Peninsula. He was a war correspondent, a journalist, a radio and television host, a deputy and a minister for the Québec Liberal Party. He founded the Parti Québécois in 1968 and served as premier of Québec from 1976 to 1985.
In 1959, an electrifying journalist named René Lévesque helped lead a strike at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that evolved into a backdrop for rising French Canadian nationalism.
