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{{Short description|Premier of Manitoba from 2009 to 2016}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = Greg Selinger | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OM|size=100%}} | image = Greg Selinger 2010.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | order = 21st | office = Premier of Manitoba | term_start = October 19, 2009 | term_end = May 3, 2016 | predecessor = [[Gary Doer]] | successor = [[Brian Pallister]] | monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] | lieutenant_governor = [[Philip S. Lee]]<br />[[Janice Filmon]] | deputy = [[Rosann Wowchuk]] <br /> [[Eric Robinson (Canadian politician)|Eric Robinson]] <br /> [[Kerri Irvin-Ross]] | office1 = [[Manitoba New Democratic Party|Leader of the Manitoba New Democratic Party]] | term_start1 = October 17, 2009 | term_end1 = May 7, 2016 | predecessor1 = [[Gary Doer]] | successor1 = [[Flor Marcelino]] <small>(Interim)</small> | order2 = | office2 = [[Minister of Finance (Manitoba)|Manitoba Minister of Finance]] | term_start2 = October 5, 1999 | term_end2 = September 8, 2009 | premier2 = [[Gary Doer]] | predecessor2 = [[Harold Gilleshammer]] | successor2 = [[Rosann Wowchuk]] | office3 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]] for [[St. Boniface (provincial electoral district)|St. Boniface]] | term_start3 = September 21, 1999 | term_end3 = March 7, 2018 | predecessor3 = [[Neil Gaudry]] | successor3 = [[Dougald Lamont]] | majority3 = | office4 = [[Winnipeg City Council]]lor for St. Boniface | term_start4 = October 25, 1989 | term_end4 = October 28, 1992 | predecessor4 = Guy Savoie | successor4 = | constituency4 = | majority4 = | birth_name = Gregory Francis Selinger | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|2|16|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], Canada<ref>http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/nextpremier/candidateprofiles/2009/10/09/11359931.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|New Democratic Party]] | spouse = Claudette Toupin | children = | residence = | alma_mater = [[University of Manitoba]] ([[Bachelor of Social Work|BSW]]) <br />[[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])<br /> [[London School of Economics]] ([[PhD]]) | occupation = Academic | title = | signature = | website = {{URL|gregselinger.ca}} }} '''Gregory Francis Selinger''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OM}} (born February 16, 1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://todaysndp.ca/greg-selinger-0 |title=Greg Selinger |year=2010 |work=[[New Democratic Party of Manitoba]] |access-date=November 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215191032/http://todaysndp.ca/greg-selinger-0 |archive-date=December 15, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref> is a former Canadian politician who served as the 21st [[premier of Manitoba]] from 2009 until 2016,<ref name="LAM bio">{{cite web |title=MLA Biographies - Living |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_living.html#s |publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]] |date=November 4, 2009 |access-date=November 14, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Personal site bio">{{cite web |title=About Greg |url=http://gregselinger.ca/?q=biography |work=Greg Selinger for Premier of Manitoba |publisher=Greg Selinger Campaign |year=2009 |access-date=October 3, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="2006 prov bio">{{cite web|title=Executive Council β Greg Selinger |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/minister/minfin.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925041958/http://www.gov.mb.ca/minister/minfin.html |publisher=[[Government of Manitoba]] |archive-date=September 25, 2006 |access-date=October 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> leading an [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|NDP]] government. From 1999 to 2009 he was the [[Minister of Finance (Manitoba)|Minister of Finance]] in the government of his immediate predecessor, [[Gary Doer]].<ref name="LAM bio" /><ref name="Personal site bio" /><ref name="2006 prov bio" /><ref name="About.com bio">{{cite web |url=http://canadaonline.about.com/od/premiers/p/gregselinger.htm |title=Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger |author=Munroe, Susan |work=[[About.com]] |access-date=December 17, 2009 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716235118/http://canadaonline.about.com/od/premiers/p/gregselinger.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Selinger was the member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]] for [[St. Boniface (provincial electoral district)|St. Boniface]] from 1999 until his resignation in early 2018.<ref name="LAM bio" /> His party was defeated by [[Brian Pallister]] and the Progressive Conservatives in the [[2016 Manitoba general election]].
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