Jean-Jacques Blais

Jean -Jacques Blais, PC QC (* June 27, 1940 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario ) is a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was for several years a Member of the House of Commons and Minister several times.

Life

After schooling Blais graduated, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A subsequent post-graduate studies in law, he finished first with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. ) and then a Master of Laws ( LL.M.) and was subsequently worked as a lawyer.

In the general election of 30 October 1972, he was elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party for the first time to the MPs in the House of Commons and represented in this until his election defeat in the general election on September 4, 1984 constituency Nipissing. Parliamentary Group ( Caucus )

Early in his career, he was initially deputies between January 1973 and February 1974, Vice - Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs and subsequently to October 1976, Vice - Chairman of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Public Works. At the same time he served between September 1974 and October 1976 as co-chair of the Joint Committee of the Parliament of Canada for employer-employee relations in the public service. In addition, he took over at this time his first government post, and indeed from October 1975 to September 1976 as Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Privy Council.

On September 14, 1976 Blais ( Postmaster General ) was Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Postmaster General appointed for the first time in the 20th Canadian cabinet, and took over in this connection in the February 2, 1978 to March 3, 1979, the Office of the Solicitor General.

After re- election victory of the Liberals at the general election on February 18, 1980 Prime Minister Trudeau appointed him on 3 March 1980 in the newly formed 22 Government of Canada, first as Minister of Supply and Services. In a cabinet reshuffle, he was on August 12, 1983 Minister of Defence and kept this minister under the area formed by Trudeau's successor, John Turner 23 Cabinet from 30 June to 16 September 1984.

After retiring from the government and the House of Blais resumed his career as a lawyer again. In addition, he was chairman of the newly founded in 1994 and has held Pearson Peacekeeping Centre in this position until 2002.