Richard Le Hir, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Richard Le Hir

French jurist

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1947

Place of Birth: Versailles, ĂŽle-de-France, France

Date of Death: 04-Nov-2018

Profession: politician, jurist

Nationality: Canada, France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


Show Famous Birthdays Today, World

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Richard Le Hir

  • Richard Le Hir (July 9, 1947 – November 4, 2018) was a French-born Canadian politician, lawyer and management consultant living in Quebec.
  • He represented Iberville in the National Assembly of Quebec as a member of the Parti QuĂ©bĂ©cois and served in the Quebec cabinet. The son of Gaston Le Hir and Henriette Rochette, both teachers, he was born in Versailles.
  • Le Hir attended the Collège Stanislas in Montreal.
  • He studied literature at the University of Paris, Spanish studies at the University of Barcelona and law at the UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al.
  • In 1974, he was admitted to the Bar of Quebec.Le Hir served in management positions in various companies, including Esso, Laurentian Group and Texaco Canada.
  • From 1989 to 1994, he was president/director general of the Association des manufacturiers du QuĂ©bec.He was elected to the National Assembly in the 1994 general election.
  • From September 26, 1994 to November 9, 1995, he served as minister responsible for restructuring in the cabinet of Jacques Parizeau.
  • Le Hir resigned from the Parti QuĂ©bĂ©cois caucus on December 8, 1995 following the defeat of the 1995 Quebec referendum and sat as an independent from April 30, 1996 till the end of his term.
  • He did not run for reelection in 1998.After leaving politics, he worked as a management consultant and was president of the Shipping Federation of Canada.He contributed to the Quebec political web site Vigile Quebec.
  • He also published a number of books on political subjects: La prochaine Ă©tape, le dĂ©fi de la lĂ©gitimitĂ© (1997), Desmarais: la dĂ©possession tranquille (2012) and Charles Sirois, l'homme derrière François Legault (2013).Le Hir died in Montreal at the age of 71 several days after suffering a stroke at his home there.

Read more at Wikipedia

See Also