Michel Dupuy

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| name = Michel Dupuy

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}

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| office = Ambassador of Canada to France

| primeminister = Pierre Trudeau

| term_start = 30 September 1981

| term_end = 1985

| predecessor = Gérard Pelletier

| successor = Lucien Bouchard

| office1 = Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations

| primeminister1 = Pierre Trudeau

| term_start1 = 6 May 1980

| term_end1 = May 1981

| predecessor1 = William H. Barton

| successor1 = Gérard Pelletier

| riding2 = Laval West

| parliament2 = Canadian

| term_start2 = 25 October 1993

| term_end2 = 1 June 1997

| predecessor2 = Guy Ricard

| successor2 = Raymonde Folco

| office3 = Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship

| primeminister3 = Jean Chrétien

| term_start3 = 4 November 1993

| term_end3 = 24 January 1996

| predecessor3 = Gerry Weiner

| successor3 = Sheila Copps

| office4 = Minister of Communications

| primeminister4 = Jean Chrétien

| term_start4 = 4 November 1993

| term_end4 = 24 January 1996

| predecessor4 = Monique Landry

| successor4 = Sheila Copps

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|01|11}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|07|09|1930|01|11}}

| death_place = Boucherville, Quebec, Canada

| party = Liberal

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| occupation = Diplomat, journalist, academic, politician

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| spouse = Micheline Dallaire

| father = Pierre Dupuy

| alma_mater = University of Oxford
University of Paris

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Michel Dupuy {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (January 11, 1930 – July 9, 2023) was a Canadian diplomat, journalist, academic and politician.{{cite news|title=Canada wins new air routes to U.S. cities|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cU8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=26EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1382,2606059&dq=michel+dupuy&hl=en|accessdate=11 February 2011|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|date=11 September 1973|page=1}}{{cite news|title=Canada Supports Israel In Un Vote On Occupied Territories|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EaMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ie4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3946,4091006&dq=michel+dupuy&hl=en|accessdate=11 February 2011|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|date=30 July 1980|page=64}}

Biography

Michel Dupuy was born in Paris, France, on January 11, 1930. His father, Pierre Dupuy, was also a Canadian diplomat.

Dupuy was a longtime diplomat in the Department of External Affairs. He served as Ambassador to the United Nations from 1980 to 1981 and Ambassador to France from 1981 to 1985.

Dupuy entered politics but was defeated in his attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1988 election. He was elected on his second attempt in the 1993 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Laval West. He immediately joined the Cabinet and served concurrently as Minister of Communications and Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship from 1993 until January 1996. During his tenure, the departments that he oversaw were merged into the new Department of Canadian Heritage

Dupuy came under fire for "representing a constituency in a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) application" because he was the minister responsible for the agency and was dropped from the Cabinet.

Dupuy did not run in the 1997 election.

He died in Boucherville, Quebec, on July 9, 2023, at the age of 93.{{cite web |title=The Hon. Michel Dupuy, P.C., M.P. |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=629 |website=Parliament of Canada |access-date=11 July 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/former-minister-ambassador-michel-dupuy-dies-at-93|title=Former minister, ambassador Michel Dupuy dies at 93|website=Montreal Gazette|date=July 11, 2023|access-date=July 11, 2023}}