What is René Lévesque?
[[File:René Lévesque BAnQ P243S1D865 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|René Lévesque]] '''René Lévesque''' (August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of the [[Province|Provincial]] [[Government]] of [[Quebec]] from 1960-1966. He was born in [[New Brunswick]] and raised in Quebec. He was the founder of the [[Parti Québécois]]. The Parti Québécois have twice tried to get Quebec to leave Canada and become a separate country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/parties_leaders/topics/870/|title=René Lévesque's Separatist Fight}}</ref> == Politics == Lévesque was a member of the [[Liberalism|Liberal Party of Canada]] from 1960 until 1967. He had the position of Minister of Natural Resources. == Parti Québécois == The goal of the Parti was to give Quebec its own [[Sovereignty]], or to make it a separate country outside of [[Canada]]. The Parti Québécois won the 1976 Quebec [[Province|provincial]] [[election]]. Soon after coming to power, [[Bill 101]] was made a law. This [[law]] says that [[French language|French]] is the only official language of Quebec. At this time, Canada had two official languages; [[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. In 1980 a vote was held. This vote was a [[referendum]] where the citizens of Quebec were asked if they wish to leave Canada and become a new country. 60% of the voters wanted to stay in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1047527227454_117/|title=Timeline: The Parti Quebecois political history|access-date=2009-06-24|archive-date=2009-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621073816/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1047527227454_117|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Death == For most of his life, René [[smoking|smoked]] [[cigarette]]s. On November 1, 1987 he started having chest pains. He died of a [[heart attack]] later that day while in [[hospital]] in Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/02/obituaries/rene-levesque-separatist