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Jacques-Yvan Morin | |
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 Morin in 1995 | |
| Deputy Premier of Quebec | |
| In office November 25, 1976 – March 5, 1984 | |
| Premier | René Lévesque |
| Preceded by | Gérard D. Levesque |
| Succeeded by | Camille Laurin |
| Member of theNational Assembly of Quebec forSauvé | |
| In office 1973–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Electoral district established |
| Succeeded by | Marcel Parent |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1931-07-15)July 15, 1931 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | July 26, 2023(2023-07-26) (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Law professor, politician |
Jacques-Yvan MorinGOQ (July 15, 1931 – July 26, 2023) was a Canadian law professor and politician in Quebec. Morin graduated from theMcGill University Faculty of Law with a BCL in 1953, where he was the founder of theMcGill Law Journal. He taught international and constitutional law atUniversité de Montréal from 1958 until 1973. He was deputy director of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law from 1963 to 1973 and founded the Quebec Journal of International Law in 1984.[1]
From 1966 to 1969, Morin chaired theEstates General of French Canada and joined in 1970 theQuebec sovereignty movement.[2] He became president of theMouvement national des Québécoises et des Québécois in 1971.[3] He failed to win a seat inBourassa in the1970 Quebec provincial election but won a seat in the riding ofSauvé in the1973 election. After the latter election theParti québécois became the official opposition since the former opposition party, theUnion Nationale, had failed to win any seats. Since the party leader,René Lévesque, had not won a seat in the 1973 election, Morin became leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly until the1976 election, which the Parti québécois won. As a member of Lévesque's government, Morin was appointed successively minister of education (1976–1981), cultural and scientific development (1981–1982) and intergovernmental affairs (1982–1984).[3] During those years, he also served asdeputy premier of Quebec.[4]
Morin returned to teaching in 1984 at Université de Montréal,[5] where he became professor emeritus in 1997.[2]
In 2001, Morin was made a Grand Officer of theNational Order of Quebec. Other honours include the Rights and Freedoms Prize of the Commission on Human Rights in Quebec (2000),[2] as well as the Prix René-Chaloult of the Association of Former Parliamentarians (2011).[6]
Morin died on July 26, 2023, at the age of 92.[2]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Deputy Premier of Quebec 1976–1984 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of the Opposition in Quebec 1973–1976 | Succeeded by |
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