Pauline Marois is the current leader of the Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

 in the province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, since June 27, 2007 and current Leader of the Official Opposition

Leader of the Official Opposition (Quebec)

This is a list of the leaders of the opposition party of Quebec, Canada since Confederation .Note that the leader of the Opposition is not always the leader of the political party with the second-largest number of seats, in cases where the leader of that party does not have a seat.There was no...

 of the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

, representing the riding of Charlevoix

Charlevoix (provincial electoral district)

Charlevoix is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Capitale-Nationale region and includes the municipalities of La Malbaie, Saint-Siméon, Baie-Saint-Paul and Baie-Sainte-Catherine. The riding existed from 1867 to 1907 before being re-created in 1948...

. In a political career spanning some 30 years, she has held a total of 15 ministerial titles.

She is married to Claude Blanchet

Claude Blanchet

Claude Blanchet is a Canadian financier who served as the CEO of Quebec's Union Funds and CEO of société générale de financement, a government owned holding....

, former head of Quebec's Société générale de financement

Société générale de financement

The Société générale de financement is a holding company owned by the Government of Quebec. Its mission is to attract investment to Quebec by investing in other companies....

, and is the mother of four children (Catherine, Félix, François-Christophe and Jean-Sébastien).