Françoise (Francie) Ducros was a Canadian government official. She was a communications director for Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, from 1999 to 2002, until she resigned after referring to President George W. Bush as a "moron".[1]
Biography edit
Ducros is a member of the Quebec Bar (1986) and holds degrees in common law and civil law from McGill University and an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Ottawa. She has practiced law, worked for an NGO and held several Canadian government positions.
For 10 years, she worked for the then Liberal government acting as chief of staff from 1993 to 1996 to Brian Tobin, former Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and, from 1996 to 1999, as chief of staff to Stéphane Dion, then Minister of Inter-governmental Affairs.
On June 12, 1999, Ducros became the director of communications for then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. She resigned in November 2002 soon after the Bush comment.[2][3][4][5]
She served as vice president at the Canadian International Development Agency.[6] and as Senior Assistant Deputy Minister at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. She retired from the Federal Public Service in 2020.[7]
Ducros' father was a judge during the Front de libération du Québec trials.
References edit
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2002/11/26/ducros_resigns021126.html [dead link]
- ^ "'Moron Bush' aide resigns". November 26, 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Nouvelles: Françoise Ducros s'en va". Radio-Canada.ca. Archived from the original on December 1, 2002.
- ^ "So who is the moron?". November 27, 2002. Archived from the original on April 6, 2010.
- ^ Ljunggren, David (November 22, 2002). ""Bush is a Moron" Reflects Strains in Canada-U.S. Ties". Reuters. Archived from the original on June 24, 2003.
- ^ "Françoise Ducros, Acting Vice-President, Afghanistan Task Force–2009–Third Quarter - CIDA". Archived from the original on June 16, 2011.
- ^ "Francoise Ducros". Institute on Governance. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
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