Justin Pierre James Trudeau PC MP (/ˈtruːdoʊ, truːˈdoʊ/, listen; French: [ʒystɛ̃ tʁydo]; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 23rd prime minister of Canada since 2015 and has been the leader of the Liberal Party since 2013.[2][3] Trudeau is the second-youngest Canadian prime minister after Joe Clark; he is also the first to be related to a previous holder of the post, as the eldest son of Pierre Trudeau.[4][5]
The Right Honourable
Justin Trudeau
PC MP
Trudeau in 2020
23rd Prime Minister of Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 4, 2015
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor General
David Johnston
Julie Payette
Deputy
Chrystia Freeland[a]
Preceded by
Stephen Harper
Leader of the Liberal Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 14, 2013
President
Mike Crawley
Anna Gainey
Suzanne Cowan
Deputy
Ralph Goodale[b]
Preceded by
Bob Rae
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Papineau
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 14, 2008
Preceded by
Vivian Barbot
Personal details
Born
Justin Pierre James Trudeau
December 25, 1971 (age 48)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party
Liberal
Spouse(s)
Sophie Grégoire (m. 2005)
Children
3
Mother
Margaret Sinclair
Father
Pierre Trudeau
Relatives
Trudeau family
Residence
Rideau Cottage (primary)
Harrington Lake (seasonal)
Alma mater
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
McGill University (BA, 1994)
University of British Columbia (BEd, 1998)
Université de Montréal (no degree)
Occupation
Teacher, politician
Salary
CA$351,200[1]
Signature
Website
Government website
Party website
Born in Ottawa, Trudeau attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, graduated from McGill University in 1994, and then the University of British Columbia in 1998. He has a bachelor of arts degree in literature and a bachelor of education degree. After graduating, he worked as a teacher in Vancouver, British Columbia.[6] He started studying engineering at Montreal's École Polytechnique in 2002 but dropped out in 2003.[7][8] Beginning in 2004, he took one year of a master's program in environmental geography at McGill University but, again, left without graduating in 2005.[9][8][7] He has also held jobs including camp counselor,[10] nightclub bouncer,[11][12][10] and snowboard instructor.[10][13]
In the 2008 federal election, he was elected to represent the riding of Papineau in the House of Commons. In 2009, he was appointed the Liberal Party's critic for youth and multiculturalism, and the following year, became critic for citizenship and immigration. In 2011, he was appointed as critic for secondary education and sport. Trudeau won the leadership of the Liberal Party in April 2013 and led his party to victory in the 2015 federal election, moving the third-placed Liberals from 36 seats to 184 seats, the largest-ever numerical increase by a party in a Canadian federal election.[14][15] As Prime Minister, major government initiatives he undertook during his first term included legalizing recreational marijuana through the Cannabis Act; attempting Senate appointment reform by establishing the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments; establishing the federal carbon tax and negotiating trade deals such as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership; while later grappling with controversies surrounding the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Winning the most seats (157) in the 2019 federal election, the Liberals formed a minority government, despite losing the popular vote and receiving the lowest percentage of the national popular vote of any governing party in Canadian history.[16]
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