Gilles Duceppe (Napoleon's World)

Gilles Duceppe (born July 22, 1947) is a Canadian politician who has since 2013 served as the first President of Canada, having previously served in the corresponding head-of-state role as the first democratically elected Governor of Canada from 2011 until Canadian independence in 2013. Previously, he served as Premier of Canada from 2001 to 2011, leading the sovereigntist-nationalist Parti Canadien to three consecutive majority governments in elections in 2002, 2006 and 2010, laying much of the groundwork for eventual independence and building a closer relationship with the United States. Duceppe is a social democrat who represented the left flank of the PC and was a "soft" sovereigntist, much like his ally and predecessor Lucien Bouchard. Upon ascending to the Presidency he officially became an Independent. In 2017, Duceppe was reelected to the largely ceremonial role of President for a second six-year term.