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Christina Alexandra "Chrystia" Freeland (born August 2, 1968 in Peace River, Alberta) is a Canadian politician of the Liberal Party of Canada. She has been the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada since 2019.
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10th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office November 20, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Anne McLellan[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister of Finance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office August 18, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Bill Morneau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of Parliament for University—Rosedale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Riding established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Christina Alexandra Freeland August 2, 1968[1] Peace River, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Graham Bowley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Ged Baldwin (great-uncle)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Summerhill,[3] Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Harvard University (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (MSt) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards | Rhodes Scholarship (1993) |
Freeland has been a member of parliament since 2013. From 2015 to 2017 she was also minister of trade and the minister of foreign affairs from 2017 to 2019.
Previously she was a freelance journalist. She has written several non-fiction books.[4]
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