François Rebello

Who is François Rebello?

François Rebello is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of La Prairie in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election, after an unsuccessful run in 2007. He was elected as a member of the Parti Québécois, but is now part of the Coalition Avenir Québec.

Rebello was born in Montreal. He is a graduate of the Université de Montréal with a bachelor's degree in political sciences, a master's degree in economic sciences. He was from 1994 to 1996 the president of the Quebec Federation of University Students. He also founded the group Force-Jeunesse whose goal is to defend youth issues and causes. From 2000, Rebello worked as an economist and founded Groupe investissement responsable inc. and was a contributor to the monthly magazine Commerce. In 2005, he became the vice-president and later president of the political commission of the PQ.

On January 9, 2012, he announced he was joining the Coalition Avenir Québec, citing his admiration for its leader, François Legault. He had stated his loyalty to the Parti Québécois' chief, Pauline Marois, a couple of weeks prior to his defection.