Jean Chrétien

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Canadian politician human prime minister of Canada

Jean Chrétien is a Canadian politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003, leading a majority Liberal government and overseeing a period of economic growth and federal deficit reduction.

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instanceOf Canadian politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
prime minister of Canada ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Member of the Order of Merit ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-01-11 ⓘ
describedBySource Canadian political history ⓘ
educatedAt Université Laval ⓘ
endTime 2003 (term as prime minister of Canada) ⓘ
familyName Chrétien ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
givenName Jean ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf Canada ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor Clarity Act on Quebec secession ⓘ
federal deficit elimination in the 1990s ⓘ
opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
languagesSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
memberOf Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableWork memoir "My Years as Prime Minister" ⓘ
memoir "Straight from the Heart" ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
orderInOffice 20th prime minister of Canada ⓘ
oversaw federal deficit reduction in Canada ⓘ
period of economic growth in Canada in the 1990s ⓘ
parliamentaryService represented the riding of Saint-Maurice ⓘ
represented the riding of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche ⓘ
placeOfBirth Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
politicalAlignment liberalism ⓘ
positionHeld Deputy Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
Member of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Minister of Finance of Canada ⓘ
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development of Canada ⓘ
Minister of Justice of Canada ⓘ
prime minister of Canada ⓘ
precededBy Kim Campbell ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Quebec, Canada ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signature signature of Jean Chrétien ⓘ
spouse Aline Chrétien NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1993 (term as prime minister of Canada) ⓘ
succeededBy Paul Martin ⓘ

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Adrienne Clarkson → appointedBy → Jean Chrétien ⓘ
Henri Chrétien → familyName → Jean Chrétien ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chrétien