monarch children constituency_mp birth_date signature term_end alma_mater profession term_start spouse image name otherparty predecessor parliament birth_place party office successor primeminister article_title
elizabeth ii elizabeth ii amélie duceppe and alexis brunelle-duceppe laurier -- sainte-marie 22 july 1947 gilles duceppe signature.svg june 2 , 2011 february 17 , 1996 acting may 1 1 , 2011 , 1997 february 17 , 1996 may university of montreal -lrb- incomplete -rrb- orderly union organizer march 15 , 1997 january 16 , 1996 august 13 , 15 1990 , 1997 january 16 , 1996 march yolande brunelle gilles duceppe.jpg gilles duceppe workers ' communist party of canada -lrb- formerly -rrb- michel malépart gauthier mario beaulieu michel gauthier lucien bouchard jean-claude canadian montreal , quebec , canada bloc québécois leader of the opposition preston manning daniel paillé michel gauthier hélène laverdière jean chrétien jean chrétien gilles duceppe

gilles duceppe

gilles duceppe -lrb- ; born july 22 , 1947 -rrb- is a canadian politician , proponent of the québec sovereignty movement and leader of the bloc québécois .
he was a member of parliament in the house of commons of canada for over 20 years and has been the leader of the sovereigntist bloc québécois for 15 years in three stints : 1996 , 1997-2011 and 2015-present .
he is the son of a well-known quebec actor , jean duceppe .
he was leader of the official opposition in the parliament of canada from march 17 , 1997 , to june 1 , 1997 .
he resigned as party leader after the 2011 election , in which he lost his own seat to new democratic party -lrb- ndp -rrb- candidate hélène laverdière and his party suffered a heavy defeat ; however , he returned four years later to lead the party into the upcoming 2015 election .
