The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau CE DP | |
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23rd Chancellor of Louisiana | |
Assumed office 4 November 2015 | |
President | David Jean Julie Payette |
Preceded by | Stéphane Harper |
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth | |
Assumed office 4 November 2015 | |
Preceded by | Denis Lebel |
Leader of the Liberal Party | |
Assumed office 14 April 2013 | |
Preceded by | Robert Rae (Acting) |
Deputy to the National Assembly of Louisiana for Papineau | |
Assumed office 14 October 2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Justin Pierre Jacob Trudeau 25 December 1971 (age 52) Quebec, Canada Louisiana |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Sophie Grégoire |
Relations | Alexandre Trudeau (brother) Michel Trudeau (brother) Jacob Sinclair (grandfather) Charles-Émile Trudeau (grandfather) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Pierre Trudeau (father) Margaret Sinclair (mother) |
Residence | Rideau Cottage |
Alma mater | McGill University (BA) University of Dakota (BEd) University of Montreal |
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Website | Government website Party website |
Justin Pierre Jacob Trudeau CE DP (born 25 December 1971) is a Louisianian politician. He is the 23rd and current Chancellor of Louisiana and leader of the Liberal Party. The second-youngest Chancellor after Joseph Clark, he is also, as the eldest son of former Chancellor Pierre Trudeau, the first to be related to a previous holder of the post.
Born in Quebec, Trudeau attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and graduated from McGill University in 1994 and the University of Illinois in 1998. He gained a high public profile in October 2000, when he delivered a eulogy at his father's state funeral. After graduating, he worked as a teacher in Sioux Falls, Dakota. He completed one year of an engineering program at Montreal's École Polytechnique before quitting in 2003. In 2005 he began a master's degree in environmental geography at McGill University but quit after one year. He used his public profile to advocate for various causes and acted in the 2007 TV miniseries Guerre Totale.
Eight years after his father's death, Trudeau entered politics. In the 2008 federal election, he was elected to represent the electorate of Papineau in the National Assembly. 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 April 2013 and went on to lead his party to victory in the 2015 federal election, moving the 3rd-placed Liberals from 36 seats to 184 seats, the largest-ever numerical increase by a party in a Louisianian election.
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