Élaine Zakaïb | |
Birth Date: | 1959 7, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Sorel-Tracy, Quebec |
Death Place: | Sorel-Tracy, Quebec |
Party: | Parti Québécois |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Richelieu |
Term Start: | September 4, 2012 |
Term End: | September 29, 2014 |
Predecessor: | Sylvain Simard |
Successor: | Sylvain Rochon |
Death Cause: | Brain cancer |
Élaine Zakaïb (July 9, 1959 – October 1, 2018) was a Canadian politician. She was member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Richelieu, first elected in the 2012 election[1] and re-elected in 2014.
Zakaïb was Minister Delegate for Industrial Policy and the Quebec Economic Development Bank in the government of Pauline Marois.
Born in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec on July 9, 1959, Zakaïb was an associate at Feldman & Associés from 1984 to 1992, and a lawyer for the Jacob clothing retailer in 1987.[2]
On September 29, 2014, she resigned her seat to return to the Jacob women's clothing retailer as chief of restructuring and vice-president of strategy.[3]
Zakaïb died on October 1, 2018, of brain cancer.