Pierre Duchesne

Pierre Duchesne (born August 27, 1964) is a Canadian radio and television journalist and politician from Quebec. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Borduas from 2012 to 2014, first elected in the 2012 election.

Biography Born in Jonquière, Quebec, Duchesne obtained a bachelor's degree in political science from Université Laval in 1986 and a certificate in journalism in 1988.

Career in journalism Duchesne was a radio and television journalist for the Société Radio-Canada He was defeated in the election of April 7, 2014 by Simon Jolin-Barrette of the CAQ party.

On August 12, 2015 he was named Pierre-Karl Péladeau's chief of cabinet.

Professional awards 1998: Radio-Canada French-language radio award for best news story 1998: Grand prize for radio awarded by the Communauté des radios publiques de langue française (France-Belgium-Switzerland-Canada) 1998: John Humphrey journalism award, French Canadian branch of Amnesty International 1999: John Humphrey journalism award, French Canadian branch of Amnesty International 2001: Joint recipient of the Radio-Canada French-language radio award for best news story 2002: Recipient of the Michener-Deacon Fellowship 2005: Richard-Arès prize of L’Action nationale magazine

Books Pierre Duchesne was selected by Société Radio-Canada to write an unauthorized biography of former Prime minister Jacques Parizeau. The work was published in three volumes between 2001 and 2004: 2001: Jacques Parizeau, vol. 1 : Le Croisé, 1930-1970, Québec Amérique, Montréal, 623 p., 2002: Jacques Parizeau, vol. 2 : Le Baron, 1970-1985, Québec Amérique, Montréal, 535 p., 2004: Jacques Parizeau, vol. 3 : Le Régent, 1985-1995, Québec Amérique, Montréal, 601 p.,