Gérald Tremblay is a former Canadian politician and businessman who served as mayor of Montreal from 2002 until his resignation in 2012. He also served as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community. Before becoming mayor he had a long career in business and management. Tremblay resigned as Mayor on November 5,2012,following allegations of corruption made at the Charbonneau Commission.
LaSalle is the most southerly borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal,Quebec,Canada. It is located in the south-west portion of the Island of Montreal,along the Saint Lawrence River. Prior to 2002,it was a separate municipality that had been incorporated in 1912.
Verdun is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal,Quebec,located in the southeastern part of the island.
Montréal is one of the administrative regions of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and a census division (CD),for both of which its geographical code is 66. Prior to the merger of the municipalities in Region 06 in 2002,the administrative region was co-extensive with the Montreal Urban Community.
Lachine is a borough (arrondissement) within the city of Montreal on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec,Canada.
The Ottoman Bank,known from 1863 to 1925 as the Imperial Ottoman Bank and correspondingly referred to by its French acronym BIO,was a bank that played a major role in the financial history of the Ottoman Empire. By the early 20th century,it was the dominant bank in the Ottoman Empire,and one of the largest in the world.
The European Audiovisual Observatory is a public service organisation,part of the Council of Europe set up in 1992.
Paul Bairoch was a Swiss economic historian of Belgian descent who specialized in urban history and historical demography. He published or co-authored more than two dozen books and 120 scholarly articles. His most important works emphasize the agricultural preconditions necessary for industrialization and controversially claim,contrary to most scholars that colonization was not beneficial to colonial empires. He argued that tariffs and growth were positively correlated in the 19th century.
Frank Zampino is a former Montreal politician and is a chartered accountant. He served as the Chairman of the executive committee of the Ville de Montréal and was the city's second-ranking official.
Pierre Moreau is a lawyer and a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Pascal Canfin is a French politician of La République en marche (LREM) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (EUP) since 2019. In the 2019 elections for the UE Parliament,he was elected in the list of Renew Europe group and serves as chair of the Environment,Public Health and Food Safety Committee;following his initiative,the European Parliament declares in December 2019 a "climate state of emergency"
Lyn Thériault,formerly known as Lyn Faust,is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. She has served on the Montreal city council since 2001 as a member of the Vision Montreal party. She was also an elected member of the Commission scolaire de Montréal from 1998 to 2007.
Harout Chitilian is a former city councillor from Montreal,Quebec,Canada,former chairman of the council,he held the position of vice president of the executive committee of Montreal city until his electoral defeat in November 2017. Originally elected as a member of Union Montreal,Chitilian sat as an independent councillor from December 2012 to August 2013,when he reaffiliated with the new Équipe Denis Coderre.
Richard Deschamps is a Canadian politician from Montreal,Quebec. He currently serves as vice-chairman of the Montreal Executive Committee,responsible for infrastructure and economic development,and sits on Montreal City Council representing the Sault-Saint-Louis district of the borough of LaSalle. He was a member of the Union Montreal party.
Municipal elections were held in the city of Montreal,Quebec,Canada on November 3,2013 as part of the 2013 Quebec municipal elections. Voters elected 65 positions on the Montreal City Council,including the mayor,borough mayors,and city councillors,as well as 38 borough councillors. Denis Coderre replaced interim mayor Laurent Blanchard,who was elected to replace the previous interim mayor,Michael Applebaum,who resigned due to 14 charges laid against him including fraud,conspiracy,breach of trust,and corruption in municipal affairs. Previous elected mayor Gérald Tremblay left office on November 5,2012 after his party Union Montréal was suspected of corruption and mafia involvement. On July 2,2013,Louise Harel,leader of the opposition Vision Montréal,announced she would not be running for mayor,instead supporting Marcel Côté.
Gavin Affleck,FRAIC,is a Canadian architect known for the design of cultural institutions and public spaces. He is the founding partner of the Montreal firm Affleck de la Riva alongside Richard de la Riva,and is the son of architect and Arcop founder Ray Affleck. Affleck is an elected Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (FRAIC),a member of the Quebec Order of Architects (OAQ) and the Ontario Association of Architects (OOA),as well as a LEED-certified architect.
Peter Daniel Alexander Jacobs is a Canadian landscape architect specializing in the conservation and development of rural and northern landscapes and in urban landscape design. He is Emeritus professor of the School of Planning and Landscape Architecture of the Universite de Montreal,Emeritus Chair of the Commission on Environmental Planning of the International Union for the conservation of nature (IUCN),Past President of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA),Chair of the Kativik Environmental Quality Commission and a Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts.
Éric Alan Caldwell is a politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. He has served on the Montreal city council since 2013,representing the Hochelaga division as a member of Projet Montréal. In November 2017,he was appointed to the Montreal executive committee by new mayor Valérie Plante.
Chedly Ayari was a Tunisian politician,economist,and diplomat. He served in several ministerial positions under the government of Habib Bourguiba and was President of the Central Bank of Tunisia from 24 July 2012 to 16 February 2018.
Frédéric Jenny is a French economist,Chairman of the OECD Competition Committee since 1994 and Emeritus Professor of Economics at ESSEC since 2020.
