Gilles Loiselle

politician member of the House of Commons of Canada

March 20, 1929

Ville-Marie, Quebec

Professor, Lycée Tafari Makonnen, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1951-1953; reporter, Le Droit, Station CKCH, Ottawa, Canada, 1953-1956; professor, director Institute Berhane Zarie Neo, Lycée Haile Sélassié, Addis Ababa, 1956-1962; reporter, director, Telejournal/Radio Canada, Montreal, 1962-1965; correspondent, Radio Canada, Paris, 1965-1967; executive director government affairs, Government of Canada, Québec, 1972-1976; finance minister state, Government Canada, Ottawa, since 1988; president, Inter-Ministry Committee for Olympic Year, Montreal, 1976; director for president, Interparliamentary Rels., Québec, 1977; delegate general of Quebec to United Kingdom, England, 1977-1982; assistant deputy minister Canada affairs, Government of Québec, Canada, 1982-1983; assistant deputy minister cultural affairs, Government of Québec, 1983-1984; delegate general to Rome, Government of Québec, 1985-1988; Member of Parliament from Quebec City Progressive Conservative Party, since 1988; president, Treasury Board, Ottawa, 1990; minister of state for finance, Government of Canada, 1989; minister of finance, Government of Canada, since 1993.