Claude Ryan
Claude Ryan (January 26, 1925 - February 9, 2004) was a Canadian politician and leader of the Parti libéral du Québec from 1978 to 1982. He led the defeat of the 1980 Quebec referendum on sovereignty against René Lévesque.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was the director of Le Devoir, a french-language newspaper available in the province of Quebec, from 1964 to 1978. During his tenure at the head of the editorial staff he became known for his probity and his mastery of contemporary political issues. His advice was sought by nearly all the provincial governments of Quebec, left or right, and by opposition parties.
While many in English Canada might remember him for his work against the establishment of a completely independent Quebec, separate from Canada, those who followed his career, as a publisher and later as a politician, have noted that he was also totally opposed to the existing federal status quo, which he considered as too centralized, despite statements to the contrary by the then prime minister of Canada Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
He retired from politics in September 1994 and died in Montreal, on February 9, 2004 at 4:20 a.m, of stomach cancer.
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