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== Early life ==
Sylvain Laporte was born in [[Quebec, Canada]]. Due to his father serving in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), he grew in various areas in Canada including [[Quebec]], [[Alberta]], and [[Ontario]] but also in [[Lahr, Germany]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://letstalkscience.ca/careers/sylvain-laporte|title=Career Profile: Sylvain Laporte - President|website=Let's Talk Science}}</ref>
Laporte's hobbies include major renovations and fixing cars.<ref name="auto1" />
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=== Canadian Forces ===
Sylvain Laporte started his career after getting a bachelor's degree in [[computer science]] and master's degree in [[computer engineering]] from the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] (RMC), Sylvain Laporte earned his two degrees while serving in the military from 1978–1989 as an aerospace engineer.<ref name="auto1" />
=== Canada Post ===
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After leaving Canada Post in 2007, Laporte was hired as chief informatics officer for [[Industry Canada]].<ref name="auto" /> Laporte held this role for two years before becoming executive director of the Integrated Technologies Office within Industry Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://montrealspace2019.sched.com/speaker/sylvain_laporte.2046q9fz |title=Sylvain Laporte's schedule for Montreal Space Symposium 2019 |website=montrealspace2019.sched.com |access-date=2020-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605220033/https://montrealspace2019.sched.com/speaker/sylvain_laporte.2046q9fz |archive-date=2020-06-05 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In April 2011, Laporte was hired as chief executive officer of the [[Canadian Intellectual Property Office]], which he held for four years until March
=== Canadian Space Agency president ===
In March 2015, Laporte was appointed as the 11th [[Canadian Space Agency]] (CSA) president, taking over from Luc Brule who had been serving as interim president following the departure of [[Walter Natynczyk]]. On October 21, 2019, Laporte appeared at the [[International Astronautical Federation]] alongside representatives from various space organizations including [[NASA]], [[European Space Agency|ESA]], [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]], the [[Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre]], [[Roscosmos]] and the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/international-space-agency-leaders-at-iac-2019|title=International Space Agency Leaders at IAC 2019|first=Brian|last=Dunbar|date=October 21, 2019|website=NASA}}</ref>
He announced in September 2020 that he would leave the role of CSA president.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://spaceq.ca/canadian-space-agency-president-sylvain-laporte-is-leaving-after-serving-one-term/ |title=Canadian Space Agency President Sylvain Laporte is leaving after serving one term |date=March 13, 2020}}</ref>
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