Former Quebec cabinet minister Nadine Girault dead at 63 | 24CA News

Nadine Girault, a former Quebec cupboard minister and Coalition Avenir Québec MNA, has died on the age of 63.

Premier François Legault provided his condolences to her household and pals in an announcement posted on social media Monday.

“I am so sad to learn of the passing of our former colleague and friend Nadine Girault,” Legault wrote. “Nadine was a passionate, determined, endearing woman.

“As minister of international relations, she undertook the economic shift of our delegations abroad.”

Girault was born in 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri. She pursued her post-secondary schooling in Quebec and obtained a grasp’s diploma in business administration from Université du Québec à Montréal in 2002.

Before her bounce into politics, Girault held numerous administration positions all through her profession — together with on the Fonds de solidarité, Bank of Montreal and Desjardins. She additionally sat on a number of boards of administrators and was an government committee member with the International Women’s Forum since 2014.

Girault was first elected to the provincial legislature in 2018, when Legault’s celebration gained with a sweeping majority.

She represented the driving of Bertrand, simply north of Montreal within the Laurentians and Lanaudière areas, throughout her one-term mandate in Quebec politics. Girault additionally oversaw a number of portfolios as worldwide relations, Francophonie and immigration minister.

During her time on the nationwide meeting, Girault needed to briefly scale back her workload as a result of a lung most cancers analysis. In September 2021, the politician needed to take sick go away for an unrelated again damage.

In July 2022, she stepped away from her position as a result of well being causes. Girault additionally introduced she wouldn’t search re-election.

— with recordsdata from The Canadian Press

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