François Paradis

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=November 2014}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = François Paradis

| image = Francois Paradis (cropped).JPG

| alt =

| caption = Paradis in 2015

| office = 46th President of the National Assembly

| term_start = November 26, 2018

| term_end = November 28, 2022

| predecessor = Jacques Chagnon

| successor = Nathalie Roy

| office1 = Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Lévis

| term_start1 = October 20, 2014

| term_end1 = August 28, 2022

| predecessor1 = Christian Dubé

| successor1 = Bernard Drainville

| birth_name = Joseph Louis François Paradis

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|3|26|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Coalition Avenir Québec

| spouse = {{marriage|Anne Gingras|July 23, 1994}}{{cite web |title=Bulletin de mariage |url=https://www.genealogiequebec.com/membership/fr/voir?id=H%3A%2FMariages%2F1994%2F06-1110%2F94-110457.jpg |publisher=Ministry of Health and Social Services |date=July 23, 1994 |access-date=March 26, 2020 |language=fr |via=Institut généalogique Drouin |url-access=subscription}}

| residence = Lévis, Quebec, Canada

| profession = Television journalist

}}

Joseph Louis François Paradis (born March 26, 1957) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a byelection on October 20, 2014.[http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/quebec/2014/10/20/011-election-partielle-levis-electeurs-votent.shtml "François Paradis élu dans Lévis"]. Ici Radio-Canada, October 20, 2014. He represents the electoral district of Lévis as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. After the 2018 Quebec general election Paradis was elected President of the National Assembly of Quebec.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Paradis worked for TVA, where he was a host of Café show, L'enfer ou le Paradis, Première ligne and TVA en direct.com.[http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-quebecoise/201409/21/01-4802147-lanimateur-francois-paradis-candidat-pour-la-caq.php "L'animateur François Paradis candidat pour la CAQ"]. La Presse, September 21, 2014.