Government of Quebec

Government of Quebec
French: Gouvernement du Québec
Provincial government
Logo of the Government of Quebec
Overview
Established	July 1, 1867 (1867-07-01)
State	Quebec
Country	Canada
Leader	Premier François Legault
Appointed by	Lieutenant Governor Manon Jeannotte
Main organ	Executive Council
Responsible to	National Assembly
Headquarters	Quebec City
Website	www.quebec.ca

The Government of Quebec (French: Gouvernement du Québec, pronounced [ɡuvɛʁnəmɑ̃ dy kebɛk]) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Quebec. The term is typically used to refer to the executive of the day (i.e. ministers of the Crown) and the non-political staff within each provincial department or agency whom the ministers direct. By virtue of French being the province's official language^[1], the governement corporately brands itself as the Gouvernement du Québec.

The current construct was established when the province joined Confederation in 1867. Quebec is a constituent state of Canada, a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy in the Westminster tradition; a Premier—presently François Legault of the Coalition Avenir Québec—is the head of government and is invited by the Crown to form a government after securing the confidence of the National Assembly, typically determined through the election of enough members of the National Assembly (MNAs) of a single political party in an election to provide a majority of seats, forming a governing party or coalition.^[2] The sovereign is King Charles III, Canada's head of state, who is represented provincially in Quebec by the lieutenant governor, presently Manon Jeannotte.