TheMinistry of Education and Higher Education (inFrench:Ministère de l’Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur, abbreviated asMEES) was the combined government ministry ofQuebec that governededucation, recreation, and sports from 27 February 2015 to 22 June 2020.
The ministers of Education and of Higher Education were the individuals who had the political responsibility for the regulation and oversight of educational services offered in the province as well as for the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Science and the Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports were first combined on 28 January 2016 during a reshuffle and rework of thecabinet underPhilippe Couillard.[1] The responsibility of research was transferred to theMinistry of Economy, whereas the Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports was later split into two different functions; Education, and Recreation, Sports and the Outdoors.[2]
On June 22, 2020, the Ministry of Education and theMinistry of Higher Education separated and succeeded the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.[2]
| Name | Title | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| François Blais | Minister of Education, Higher Education and Research | February 27, 2015 | January 28, 2016 | Liberal | |
| Pierre Moreau | Minister of Education and Higher Education | January 28, 2016 | February 22, 2016 | Liberal | |
| Sébastien Proulx andHélène David | Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports and Minister of Higher Education respectively | February 22, 2016 | October 18, 2018 | Liberal | |
| Jean-François Roberge | (Until 22 June 2020) Minister of Education and Higher Education (After 22 June 2020) Minister of Education | October 18, 2018 | October 20, 2022 | Coalition Avenir Québec | |
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