Gilles Duceppe is a Canadian politician, and proponent of the Qu�bec sovereignty movement. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and was the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Qu�b�cois for almost 15 years. 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 candidate H�l�ne Laverdi�re and his party suffered a heavy defeat. 

July 22nd, 1947 in Montreal (Age 77)