Gerry Sklavounos

Gerry Sklavounos (born December 16, 1974) is a former Quebec politician. He was the Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Laurier-Dorion. He is currently an international public affairs and business development consultant at Hygaemon Strategy Corp..

Early life and career Gerry Sklavounos was born on December 16, 1974, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He moved into Laurier-Dorion when he was six years old. He went to Vanier College for CEGEP and graduated in 1994.

Sklavounos is a member of Montreal's Greek community and has served in executive positions with the Hellenic Canadian Congress and the Hellenic Scholarships Foundation.

Sklavounos was named Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Line Beauchamp, by Quebec Premier Jean Charest. Sklavounos was also named Vice-Chair of the Committee on Economy and Labour.

He was also Quebec's executive member of the U.S.-based National Conference of State Legislatures (N.C.S.L.) and Quebec's representative at the 9th meeting of the parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity held in Bonn, Germany, in May 2008.

In January 2009 Jean Charest appointed Sklavounos Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Yves Bolduc. Since May 2009, Sklavounos has also been a member of the Quebec section of the Francophone and Commonwealth Parliamentary Associations. In February 2011, Sklavounos was elected Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on Health and Social Services, and gave up his parliamentary assistant position. He was named the Official Opposition critic for Higher Education on September 26, 2012, a position he held until he was named Liberal critic for Sustainable Development and the Environment on September 16, 2013.

41st Quebec Legislature Sklavounos was re-elected in the provincial election held on April 7, 2014, garnering 46.2% of the vote representing 15 566 votes. He defeated Québec Solidaire's Andrés Fontecilla and the Parti Québécois' Pierre Céré who had 27.7% and 15.9% of the vote respectively.

Upon forming his new government, Philippe Couillard appointed Sklavounos Deputy Government House Leader on April 14.

On February 2, 2017, following an investigation by Québec City Police, Sklavounos was exonerated by the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions who concluded that "no criminal act had been committed".

On May 11, 2018, Sklavounos announced that he would not be seeking re-election in order to afford more time to his growing family.

Other functions Since 2009, Sklavounos has been a member of the World Hellenic Interparliamentary Association (W.H.I.A.) and represented Canada on its executive committee from 2015 until 2019.

Personal life and honours In June 2010, the Greek America Foundation selected Sklavounos as one of North America's top 40 leaders of Hellenic origin under 40 years of age.

In October 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contribution to Quebec society.

In 2017, he received his 10-year Parliamentary Life plaque from the National Assembly of Quebec.

Gerry Sklavounos is married and has three children.