Curiosidades

Was the Québec finance minister under René Levesque from 1976 to 1984.

Was elected Québec Prime Minister on September 12, 1994, and retired in December 1995.

Was a teacher in HEC, a Montréal business school, from 1955 to 1976, and from 1985 to 1988.

He was influential in the creation of Quebec's pension plan and the nationalization of hydroelectricity.

He received a PhD from the London School of Economics.