The Executive Council of Quebec (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Quebec and in French Le Conseil des ministres) is the cabinet of the Canadian province.
Made up of members of the Quebec National Assembly the cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size. As federal and provincial responsibilities differ there are a number of different portfolios between the federal and provincial governments.
The cabinet is selected by the Premier of Quebec and sworn in by the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. Most cabinet ministers are the head of a ministry, but this is not always the case.
Like at the federal level the most important cabinet post after that of the leader is Minister of Finance. Today the next most powerful position is certainly the health portfolio which has a vast budget and is of central political import. Other powerful porfolios include Education and Energy.
Current Cabinet
The current cabinet has been in place since soon after the 2003 Quebec election with the formation of a government by the Quebec Liberal Party.
| Portfolio | Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier of Quebec | Jean Charest | (2003-) | |||
| Deputy Premier of Quebec Minister of International Relations Minister responsible for la Francophonie and Minister responsible for the Estrie region |
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay | (2003-) | |||
| Minister responsible for Government Administration and Minister responsible for the Montréal region |
Monique Jérôme-Forget | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Finance | Yves Séguin | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Health and Social Services | Philippe Couillard | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Education | Pierre Reid | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Economic and Regional Development and Research | Michel Audet | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Municipal Affairs, Sports and Recreation and Minister responsible for the Montérégie region |
Jean-Marc Fournier | (2003-) | |||
| Minister for the Reform of Democratic Institutions Minister responsible for the Laurentides region and the Lanaudière region and Government House Leader |
Jacques P. Dupuis | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Public Security | Jacques Chagnon | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Transport | Yvon Marcoux | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Employment, Social Solidarity and Family Welfare and Minister responsible for the Bas-Saint-Laurent region and Côte-Nord region |
Claude Béchard | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Culture and Communication | Line Beauchamp | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of the Environment | Thomas J. Mulcair | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Natural Ressources, Wildlife and Parks and Minister responsible for the Capitale-Nationale region |
Sam Hamad | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Minister responsible for the Saguenay—Lac-St-Jean region |
Françoise Gauthier | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Relations with the Citizens and Immigration | Michelle Courchesne | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Labour | Michel Després | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Revenue | Lawrence S. Bergman | (2003-) | |||
| Minister for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and Native Affairs and Minister responsible for the Outaouais region |
Benoît Pelletier | (2003-) | |||
| Minister for Regional Development and Tourism and Minister responsible for the Gaspésie—-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region |
Nathalie Normandeau | (2003-) | |||
| Minister for Family Welfare and Minister responsible for the Chaudière-Appalaches region |
Carole Théberge | (2003-) | |||
| Minister for Forest, Wildlife and Parks and Minister responsible for the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region and Nord-du-Québec region |
Pierre Corbeil | (2003-) | |||
| Minister responsible for Transports and Minister responsible for the Mauricie region |
Julie Boulet | (2003-) | |||