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Jean Charest

Personal data

Date of birth	June 24, 1958(age 57)
Place of birth	Sherbrooke, Quebec
Birth name	John James Charest
Political party	Liberal Party (1998 � present)
Other party	Progressive Conservative Party (Before 1998)
Spouse	Michèle Dionne
Alma mater	University of Sherbrooke
Religion	Roman Catholicism
29th Premier of Quebec
Assumed office	June 6, 2003
Governor	Lise Thibault Pierre Duchesne
Lieutenant Governor	Lise Thibault Pierre Duchesne
Preceded by	Bernard Landry
Member of the National Assembly for Sherbrooke
Assumed office	November 30, 1998
Preceded by	Marie Malavoy
In office	September 4, 1984 - November 30, 1998
Succeeded by	Serge Cardin
Preceded by	Irénée Pelletier
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party
In office	December 14, 1993 - April 2, 1998
Succeeded by	Joe Clark (after Interim Leader Elsie Wayne)
Preceded by	Kim Campbell

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John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA (-frʒɑ̃ ʃɑʁɛpron; born June 24, 1958) is the 29th and current Premier of Quebec. He is a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1993 � 1998) and the current leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Charest has joked that his political obituary has been written so many times that he has lost count.

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