The Honourable Denis Coderre was elected mayor of the city of Montréal on Nov. 3, 2013. He is also president of the Montréal Metropolitan Community, which includes all 82 municipalities of the Montréal urban area. Previously, Mr. Coderre served as member of the Canadian Parliament for the Montréal-area constituency of Bourassa from 1997 to 2013, where he was re-elected six times. He was appointed to several federal ministerial functions and other positions within the government of Canada, including minister of citizenship and immigration, president of the Queen's Privy Council, minister responsible for the Francophonie, secretary of state for amateur sport, special advisor to the prime minister on Haiti, and federal interlocutor for Métis and non-status Indians.