Editing Marcel Chaput (section)

{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Infobox person
|name        = Marcel Chaput
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|birth_date  = {{Birth date|1918|10|14}}
|birth_place = [[Hull, Quebec|Hull]], Canada
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|1991|01|19|1918|10|14}}
|death_place = [[Montreal]], Canada
|education   = Ph.D. in biochemistry, Master's degree in psychology, Ph.D. in naturopathy
|occupation  = technician and researcher in biochemistry, journalist, editor, writer, teacher, naturopath, political activist
|awards = [[Patriot of the Year]] Award in 1975<br />Bronze medal of the [[Mouvement national des Québécoises et Québécois|MNQ]] in 1983
}}

'''Marcel Chaput''' (October 14, 1918 – January 19, 1991<ref group=A>"[http://www.bilan.usherb.ca/bilan/pages/biographies/443.html Marcel Chaput (1918–1991) Homme de science, homme politique] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706211429/http://www.bilan.usherb.ca/bilan/pages/biographies/443.html |date=2011-07-06 }}", in ''Bilan du Siècle'', Université de Sherbrooke, retrieved June 5, 2008</ref>) was a scientist and a militant for the [[Quebec sovereignty movement|independence]] of [[Quebec]] from [[Canada]]. Along with some 20 other people including [[André D'Allemagne]] and [[Jacques Bellemare]], he was a founding member of the [[Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale]] (RIN).