Paul Sauvé

Joseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé was a distinguished French-Canadian soldier and statesman. Serving as second-in-command of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal on Juno Beach on D-Day, Sauvé displayed exemplary courage under fire. He served as Quebec's Minister of Social Welfare and Youth under Maurice Duplessis for thirteen years.

Upon Duplessis's death in September 1959, Sauvé became premier. In an energetic hundred-day blitz, repeating the word Désormais ("Henceforth") to every journalist's question, he reformed education, reached accords with federal universities, and unblocked stalled modernizing reforms before suffering a fatal heart attack in office, unleashing the momentum of the Quiet Revolution.