Justin Pierre James Trudeau was born on 25 December 1971 in Ottawa, Canada. He is the eldest son of Canada’s 15th Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his wife Margaret Sinclair. Raised in the capital Ottawa and in Montreal on the country’s east coast, Trudeau grew up in a bilingual environment and became fluent in both French and English.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Justin-Trudeau

Trudeau graduated from McGill University in 1994 with a degree in Literature and received a teaching diploma in Education from the University of British Columbia in 1998. Before entering politics, he worked as a French and teacher.

Trudeau’s political career began in 2008 when he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Papineau riding in Montreal. This young politician gained attention for his advocacy on youth and environment issues and was elected leader of the Liberal Party in 2013. Following the Liberal Party’s victory in the 2015 elections, he became Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister. This achievement made Trudeau the second youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history.https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/donald-trump-tariffs-canada-trudeau-gretzky-51st-state-1.7420586 and his party’s poor performance in opinion pollshttps://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/06/americas/justin-trudeau-set-to-resign-canadian-prime-minister-intl/index.html

Canadian politician and economist Mark Joseph Carney became the leader of the Liberal Party on 9 March 2025 and assumed the office of Prime Minister on 14 March 2025, succeeding Trudeau. Carney previously served as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and as Governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020.