Justin Trudeau (Canadian Republic)

Justin Pierre James Trudeau MP (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician. He is the current President of Canada and leader of the Liberal Party. The youngest President in the country's history, he was appointed to the position in January 2017 following the scandal-ridden resignation of Portia Simpson-Miller.

Eight years after the death of his father Pierre, Trudeau entered politics. 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 youth and amateur sport. Trudeau won the leadership of the Liberal Party in January 2017 following the resignation of Portia Simpson-Miller. Trudeau has been said by the media to be a "damage control" President, and has promised to deliver on many of the Liberal Party's mandates which were "largely ignored" by Simpson-Miller's leadership, such as same-sex marriage, education reform and the South Mexican refugee crisis. He has also promised to launch a "full-scale investigation" into the missing $12 billion in government funds that disappeared under her watch.