Paul Gérin-Lajoie

Paul Gérin-Lajoie (February 23, 1920 – June 25, 2018) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and philanthropist.

Early life
Gérin-Lajoie was born in Montreal, Quebec. He studied at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, the Université de Montréal, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

Career
Gérin-Lajoie ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges in the 1956 general election and in a 1957 by-election. He was elected in Vaudreuil-Soulanges in the 1960 election and was re-elected in 1962 and 1966.

From 1960 to 1964, he was the Minister of Youth in the cabinet of Jean Lesage and in 1964 became the first person since 1875 to be appointed Minister of Education, serving in that position until 1966.

Gérin-Lajoie was president of the Canadian International Development Agency from 1970 to 1977.

He founded the Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation, in 1977, an organization that has helped give the basic education of children.

References

Other websites
 Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie  

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