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Rene Levesque was born in August 24, 1922 and later died in November 1, 1987. He started his career as a reporter and a journalist then later went into politics. In his political life he served as a minister of the government of Quebec (1960-1966) and was founder of the political party, Parti Quebecois. As the 23rd premier of Quebec between the periods (November 1976- October 1985) he became the first political leader since the confederation that attempted to negotiate the political independence of Quebec.
Rene Levesque was born in Campbellton in New Brunswick and was brought up in New Carlisle in the province of Quebec by his parents Dominic Lévesque who was a lawyer by profession and Diane Levesque in the Gaspe Peninsula. He went to school at the seminaire de Gaspe and then later joined Saint-Charles Garnier College. From there he joined Universite Laval in Quebec City to pursue a degree in law. In 1943, Lévesque quitted his studies and left the university without completing his degree.
From quitting university Lévesque went into journalism and joined the radio station called CHNC located in New Carlisle. While at the radio station Lévesque became a substitute announcer for CHRC and then later announced for CBV. His journalism career looked promising when he went to serve as a correspondent and a liaison officer for the USA army in Europe during the Second World War (Wall, 2014). During his stay in Europe, he was based in London where he made his reports through the print media and on the air waves. From there he went to work as a reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He again worked for CBC as a war correspondent in the Korean War. While working as a journalist he got married to Louise L’Heureux with whom he had three children with.
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