Joseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf miɲo pɔl sove]; March 24, 1907 – January 2, 1960) was a Canadian lawyer, World War II veteran, and politician.
Paul Sauvé then ran as a Conservative for his father's former riding of the comté des Deux-Montagnes in the Quebec legislature in 1930, to become to the youngest elected member at the age of 23.
When Canada entered the Second World War in 1939, Paul Sauvé reported to Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, the regiment to which he belonged as a reserve officer, and served overseas in the Canadian military for the duration of the Second World War, taking part in the Battle of Normandy and in the South Beveland Campaign.
Realizing the need to modernize one of the most conservative provincial governments in Canada, he announced radical changes in the ways Quebec would be run.
During those "100 Days Of Change," Sauvé undertook a wide-ranging review of issues facing the Quebec government, including many that had been ignored during the Duplessis era.
However, Sauvé's tenure would be short-lived, as he himself would shortly die in office on January 2, 1960, in Saint-Eustache of a heart attack.