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Chrystia Freeland
NameChrystia Freeland
OfficeDeputy Prime Minister of Canada
Term startNovember 20, 2019
Office1Minister of Finance
Term start1August 18, 2020
Predecessor1Bill Morneau
Office2Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Term start2November 20, 2019
Office3Minister of Foreign Affairs
Term start3January 10, 2017
Term end3November 20, 2019
Predecessor3Stéphane Dion
Successor3François-Philippe Champagne
Office4Minister of International Trade
Term start4November 4, 2015
Term end4January 10, 2017
Predecessor4Ed Fast
Successor4François-Philippe Champagne
Birth dateAugust 2, 1968
Birth placePeace River, Alberta
PartyLiberal Party of Canada
Alma materHarvard University, University of Oxford
SpouseGraham Bowley

Chrystia Freeland is a Canadian politician, author, and former journalist serving as the tenth Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Finance since 2020. A prominent member of the Liberal Party of Canada, she has held several senior cabinet portfolios under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of International Trade. Prior to her political career, Freeland was a managing director at Thomson Reuters and an award-winning journalist for the Financial Times, The Globe and Mail, and Reuters.

Early life and education

Born in Peace River, Alberta, she is the daughter of a Ukrainian-Canadian family with roots in Western Ukraine. She attended Harvard University on a scholarship, graduating with a degree in Russian literature and history before earning a master's degree in Slavic studies from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Her academic work focused on the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian diaspora, which informed her later writing and political perspectives on Eastern Europe.

Journalism career

Freeland began her journalism career in the 1990s as a stringer in Ukraine for the Washington Post and the Financial Times, later becoming the Financial Times' deputy editor and bureau chief in Moscow. She reported extensively on the post-Cold War economic transitions in Russia and Eastern Europe. She later served as U.S. managing editor of the Financial Times and held senior editorial roles at Reuters and The Globe and Mail. Her 2012 book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, examined global income inequality and won the Lionel Gelber Prize.

Political career

Elected as the Member of Parliament for University—Rosedale in the 2015 federal election, she was immediately appointed to the cabinet as Minister of International Trade. In this role, she played a key part in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, leading to the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement. She was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2017, where she advocated for a strong stance against Vladimir Putin's government and supported NATO solidarity, leading to her being sanctioned by the Kremlin.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance

Following the 2019 election, Justin Trudeau appointed her to the newly revived role of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, tasked with managing federal-provincial relations. In August 2020, she succeeded Bill Morneau as Minister of Finance, becoming the first woman to hold the position. Her tenure has been defined by managing the economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, including major relief programs like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, and presenting several federal budgets focused on child care, green investment, and housing affordability.

Political positions and views

Freeland is known for her liberal internationalist and progressive economic views, often emphasizing the need for democracies to counter authoritarianism and support a rules-based international order. She is a strong advocate for Ukraine, supporting military and financial aid following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Domestically, she has championed policies aimed at the middle class, gender equality, and addressing climate change, while also taking a firm stance in disputes with provincial premiers, particularly those from Alberta and Saskatchewan, over carbon pricing and resource development.

Personal life

She is married to Graham Bowley, a journalist for The New York Times, and they have three children. The family resides in Toronto. Fluent in English, French, Ukrainian, Russian, and Italian, her multilingualism has been an asset in her diplomatic and trade roles. She maintains a public profile through speeches at forums like the World Economic Forum and the United Nations.

Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Deputy prime ministers of Canada Category:Canadian finance ministers Category:Canadian women in government Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Alumni of St Antony's College, Oxford Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs