Rita de Santis

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Rita de Santis
de Santis in 2018
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bourassa-Sauvé
In office September 4, 2012 – August 29, 2018
Preceded by	Line Beauchamp
Succeeded by	Paule Robitaille
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-29) May 29, 1954 (age 70) Palmoli, Italy
Political party	Liberal

Rita de Santis (BCL’80, McGill University)^[1] is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourassa-Sauvé from 2012 to 2018. She was first elected in the 2012 election as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party caucus.

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From April 23, 2014 to January 28, 2016, she was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister responsible for Government Administration and Ongoing Program Review (open and transparent government).

On January 28, 2016, she was appointed to the cabinet as Minister Responsible for Access to Information and Reform of Democratic Institutions.^[3]

She retired from politics in 2018.^[4]