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- Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC CC CH QC FRSC (/ ˈtruːdoʊ, truːˈdoʊ / TROO-doh, troo-DOH, French: [pjɛʁ tʁydo]; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984.
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Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC CC CH QC FRSC (/ ˈ t r uː d oʊ, t r uː ˈ d oʊ / TROO-doh, troo-DOH, French: [pjɛʁ tʁydo]; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984.
Jun 4, 2024 · Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Liberal politician and prime minister of Canada (1968–79; 1980–84). His accomplishments while in office included securing constitutional independence from the British Parliament and the formation of a new Canadian constitution. Learn more about Pierre Trudeau here.
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- Pierre Trudeau served as the prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. His terms in office were marked by the establishment...
- Throughout the 1970s Pierre Trudeau struggled against increasing economic and domestic problems. In the national general election of 1979, his Libe...
- Pierre Trudeau was chiefly concerned with maintaining the unity of Canada and ensuring good relations between English and French Canadians. Trudeau...
- Yes. Justin Trudeau, who became prime minister of Canada in 2015, is one of three sons of Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau (née Sinclair). When...
- Pierre Trudeau died of prostate cancer on September 28, 2000, in Montreal, Canada. He also had suffered from Parkinson disease. Justin Trudeau deli...
Aug 2, 2023 · Who Was Pierre Trudeau? Pierre Trudeau was the 15 th prime minister of Canada, an office he held for nearly 16 years. Many of his policies evolved from the revolutionary ideas of the...
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Jul 11, 2013 · A charismatic and controversial figure, Pierre Trudeau was arguably Canada’s best-known politician, both at home and abroad. He introduced legal reforms to make Canada a more “just society” and made Canada officially bilingual with the Official Languages Act of 1969.
Pierre Trudeau, (born Oct. 18, 1919, Montreal, Que., Can.—died Sept. 28, 2000, Montreal), Prime minister of Canada (1968–79, 1980–84). He practiced law before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons (1966–84). He was minister of justice (1967–68) in Lester Pearson’s administration.
May 17, 2018 · Pierre Elliott Trudeau (born 1919) was the leader of the Liberal Party and Canada's prime minister for about 15 years. He successfully defeated the separatist movement in Quebec and led Canada both to greater strength nationally and to more independence internationally.
Recruited as a Liberal “star candidate” for Parliament in the 1965 general election, Trudeau served as attorney general in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lester Pearson (1897-1972), where he relaxed Canada’s laws governing divorce, abortion, and homosexuality.
