Dominique Vien is a Canadian

Canada

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 politician, who served as Member of the National Assembly

National Assembly of Quebec

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 for the electoral district of Bellechasse

Bellechasse (provincial electoral district)

Bellechasse is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, the riding was created in 1867...

 from 2003 to 2007. She was defeated in the 2007 election

Quebec general election, 2007

The Quebec general election of 2007 was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in...

 by Jean Domingue

Jean Domingue

Jean Domingue is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Bellechasse from 2007 to 2008....

 of the Action démocratique du Québec

Action démocratique du Québec

The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

, but was then re-elected in the same district in 2008. She is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party and the current delegate minister for Health and Social Services while previously being the Minister for Government Services.

Vien studied at Université Laval

Université Laval

Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...

 and received a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in communications in 1992. She also made studies at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

The Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières , established in 1969 is a campus of the Université du Québec, located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The university has 12,500 students in 8 different campuses, including the main one in Trois-Rivières. About 1000 of them come from overseas, from 60...

 in training, animation and leadership in 2001. From 1992 to 2003, she was a journalist, anchor and host at a radio station in Lac-Etchemin

Lac-Etchemin, Quebec

Lac-Etchemin is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,088 as of 2009. It takes its name from Etchemin Lake, at the centre of the municipality...

 and was a journalist and news anchor at Radio-Canada's CBV-FM

CBV-FM

CBV-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network in Quebec City. The station broadcasts at 106.3 FM from Mount Bélair....

 in Quebec City

Quebec City

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 from 1999 to 2001.

External links

• Dominique Vien at 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...