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{{Short description|Head of government of Quebec}}
{{For|list|List of premiers of Quebec}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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{{Infobox official post
| post                     = Premier
| body                     = Quebec
| native_name              = {{smaller|{{nobold|{{lang|fr|Premier ministre du Québec}}}}}}
| insignia                 = Coat of arms of Quebec.svg
| insigniasize             = 120px
| insigniacaption          = [[Coat of arms of Quebec]]
| flag                     = Flag of Quebec.svg
| flagsize                 = 120px
| flagcaption              = [[Flag of Quebec]]
| image                    = François Legault (2024; cropped).jpg
| imagesize                = 200px
| imagecaption             = François Legault in 2024
| incumbent                = [[François Legault]]
| acting                   = 
| incumbentsince           = October 18, 2018
| department               = Office of the Premier
| style                    = [[Premier]] (informal)<!-- In Quebec, the title "Honourable" is used solely by the lieutenant governor of Quebec. -->
| status                   = [[Head of government]]
| member_of                = {{hlist |[[National Assembly of Quebec|National Assembly]]|[[Executive Council of Quebec|Executive Council]]}}
| reports_to               = {{hlist|[[National Assembly of Quebec|National Assembly]]|[[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec|Lieutenant Governor]]}}
| residence                = [[Édifice Price]] (Price Building)
| seat                     = [[Quebec City]]
| nominator                = 
| appointer                = [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]]
| appointer_qualified      = with the [[Motion of no confidence|confidence]] of the Quebec Legislature
| termlength               = [[At {{ucfirst:{{Canadian monarch, current|genderp=~}}}} Majesty's pleasure]]
| termlength_qualified     = contingent on the premier's ability to [[Parliamentary system|command confidence]] in the legislative assembly
| constituting_instrument  = 
| formation                = July 15, 1867<ref>{{cite web|title=Nombre de premiers ministres et de gouvernements depuis 1867|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/patrimoine/pm1.html|publisher=National Assembly of Quebec|access-date=March 9, 2014|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310021044/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/patrimoine/pm1.html|archive-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref>
| first                    = [[Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau]]
| deputy                   = [[Deputy Premier of Quebec]]
| salary                   = $270 120 (2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/abc-assemblee/fonction-depute/indemnites-allocations.html|title=Indemnities and Allowances - National Assembly of Québec|website=www.assnat.qc.ca|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001105806/http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/abc-assemblee/fonction-depute/indemnites-allocations.html|archive-date=2016-10-01}}</ref>
| website                  = [https://www.quebec.ca/en/premier Official website]
}}

The '''premier of Quebec''' ({{langx|fr|premier ministre du Québec}} {{IPA|fr|pʁəmje ministʁ dy kebɛk|}} (masculine) or {{lang|fr|première ministre du Québec}} {{IPA|fr|pʁəmjɛʁ-|}} [feminine]) is the [[head of government]] of the [[Provinces of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Quebec]]. The current [[premier]] of Quebec is [[François Legault]] of the [[Coalition Avenir Québec]], sworn in on October 18, 2018, following [[2018 Quebec general election|that year's election]].

==Selection and qualifications==
The premier of Quebec is appointed as president of the [[Executive Council of Quebec|Executive Council]] by the [[lieutenant governor of Quebec]], the viceregal representative of the [[Monarchy in Quebec|King in Right of Quebec]]. The premier is most usually the head of the party winning the most seats in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] and is normally a sitting member of the National Assembly. An exception to this rule occurs when the winning party's leader fails to win a riding. In that case, the premier would have to attain a seat by winning a by-election. This has happened, for example, to [[Robert Bourassa]] in 1985.

The role of the premier of Quebec is to set the legislative priorities on the opening speech of the National Assembly. The premier represents the leading party and must have the confidence of the assembly, as expressed by votes on budgets and other matters considered as confidence votes.

The term "premier" is used in English, while French employs "premier ministre", which translates directly to "prime minister". In at least one instance, the term "prime minister of the Province of Quebec" was used in an English-language advertisement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0_1EAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FkIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3579,5586976|title=The St. Maurice Valley Chronicle - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> The term is also used for the Podium Ceremony of the annual Formula One Grand Prix du Canada in Montreal.

==See also==
* [[Politics of Quebec]]
* [[List of premiers of Quebec by time in office]]
* [[Prime Minister of Canada]]
* [[Premier (Canada)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.premier.gouv.qc.ca/index-en.asp Premier of Quebec official site]

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{{Politics of Quebec}}
{{Politics of Canadian provinces}}

[[Category:Premiers of Quebec|*]]
[[Category:Government of Quebec]]
[[Category:1867 establishments in Quebec]]