Justin Trudeau

Profession: Prime Minister of Canada

Nationality:

Biography: Justin Trudeau began his rise to power in 2008 when he was elected the Member of Parliament for Papineau, Montreal.

He was elected as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2013 and proceeded to rebuild the party from one of it's worst election loses in history.

In 2015 Trudeau and his party achieved a stunning come from behind victory over Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party. Over the course of a 78 day campaign, the Liberal part came from third place in the polls to winning an outright majority of the seats in Parliament.

He is the eldest son of long-serving Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

Born: December 25, 1971
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Age: 52 years old

Generation: Generation X
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Capricorn

Married Life

2005-05-28 Politician Justin Trudeau (33) weds tv host Sophie Grégoire (30) in a Catholic ceremony at Montreal's Sainte-Madeleine d'Outremont Church
2023-08-02 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announce their separation after 18 years of marriage

Historical Events

2013-04-14 Justin Trudeau, son of long-serving Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
2015-10-19 Canadian federal elections: Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party win a majority with 184 seats
2015-11-04 Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canadian Prime Minister with a cabinet split equally between men and women
2019-03-04 Canadian minister Jane Philpott resigns in protest at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's and the government's handling of a scandal involving bribes from engineering firm SNC-Lavalin
2019-06-11 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces plan to ban single-use plastics by 2021
2019-09-18 Photo of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wearing brownface in 2001 emerges during Canadian election campiagn
2019-10-21 Canadian Federal Election: Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party loses its majority but wins the most seats (157) to form a minority government
2020-03-18 US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agree to close the US-Canada border, the world's longest, to non-essential travel to curb COVID-19
2020-05-01 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of assault-style weapons in response to recent Nova Scotia shooting
2021-07-06 Mary Simon is named Canada's first indigenous Governor General by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
2021-08-15 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls a snap election for 20 September, two years ahead of schedule
2022-03-22 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party reaches a deal with opposition New Democratic Party to stay in power till 2025
2023-09-18 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says “agents of the Indian government” carried out killing of a Sikh community leader, who advocated for Sikh separatism, in British Columbia in June

Biographies and Sources

Justin Trudeau Accuses India of a Killing on Canadian Soil - The New York Times
Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announce separation - CBC News
Trudeau reaches deal to keep his party in power till 2025 - Associated Press