Justin Trudeau is a talented politician and, in general, a rather charismatic person, who is the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada. But, despite his high post, sometimes he allows himself public little pranks.
Biography
The full name of the Prime Minister of Canada is Justin Pierre James Trudeau.
The future politician was born on December 25, 1971 in the family of the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau and his wife Margaret Sinclair. Justin's father is perceived by Canadians themselves as "the father of modern Canada", because it was he who achieved Canada's independence from Great Britain.
Justin Trudeau has a very good education. He graduated from high school in CollègeJean-de-Brébeuf, after which he received a bachelor's degree in two higher educational institutions at once:
- McGill University - in the field of English literature;
- University of British Columbia - in the field of pedagogy.
After receiving bachelors in two areas, the future prime minister studied engineering at Ecole Polytechnique massacre from 2002 to 2004. And in 2005 he again entered McGill University to study on the master's program "Environmental Geography".
For quite a long time, Justin Trudeau worked as a teacher of French and mathematics at West Point Gray Academy and a high school in Vancouver.
The future politician was distinguished by a special zeal in the struggle for the preservation of the environment. So, in 2005, a project for the extraction of zinc was considered. Justin Trudeau was categorically against the signing of this project and actively defended his position, even though the implementation of the project would bring the country a large income - about $ 100 million.
Politics
Since 2008, Justin Trudeau has become more actively interested in politics. He was a member of the Quebec County House of Commons in 2008 and 2011.
All this time, the politician was a representative of the Liberal Party of Canada, which he led in 2013. In the elections that year, he received more than 80% of all internal party votes. Under his leadership, the Liberal Party was able to bypass both the new Democratic and Conservative parties.
2015 saw the rise of Justin Trudeau as the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada. At the same time, this successful politician was chosen as Minister of Youth Affairs and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
After his appointment as prime minister, Justin immediately began peacekeeping activities. He stopped Canadian military action in the Middle East and offered to help counter ISIS.
For the first time, the Cabinet of Ministers of Canada became gender harmonious, i.e. it consisted of the same number of men and women. In addition, not only gender, but also ethnically, the cabinet has become noticeably more tolerant.
Justin Trudeau also actively supports the LGBT community and strives to create equality between all people.
Personal life
Justin Trudeau married Sophie Gregoire in 2005. Obviously, they had known each other for a long time, tk. Sophie Gregoire was a childhood friend of Justin's brother, Michel, with whom she studied in the same class.
Now Sophie Gregoire is mainly engaged in philanthropy, participates in the organization "The Shieldof Athena", which helps women with various life problems.
The couple Trudeau and Sophie are raising three children. The first child was born in 2007. It was a boy named Xavier James. Already 2 years later, in 2009, Xavier's sister, Ella-Grace Margaret, was born. And relatively recently, in 2014, the couple had another son, Adrian.
Interesting Facts
Socks
Justin Trudeau is a truly charismatic man. Many admiring glances are directed at him. And sometimes Justin indulges in pranks.
So, on the Internet, the Prime Minister of Canada became famous for his photographs from various official meetings, where it was always customary to dress in formal suits. Justin, of course, wore a classic suit, but he often picked up very unusual socks.
For example, for a meeting with Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit, Justin chose multicolored striped socks. And these are not the funniest socks he wore.
To the meeting with the Prime Minister of Ireland, Justin Trudeau came in socks with bright images of droids from "Star Wars", and to the forum in Davos, he donned burgundy socks with bright green shards.
Already before another Prime Minister of Ireland in 2017, Justin appeared in red socks depicting maple leaves and mounted police officers.
One of Justin Trudeau's favorite and well-known pairs of socks features a Star Wars image of Chewbacca, in which he appeared on the Bloomberg business forum.
There are even suggestions that a politician chooses socks for a reason, but in this way tries to express his respect for an event or person.
For example, at one of the NATO meetings, the Prime Minister of Canada arrived with a picture of the symbols of the alliance.
At the meeting with Ursula Burns, the head of Xerox, Justin Trudeau put on socks, against a dark background of which were flaunted bright blue diamonds, outwardly similar to diamonds. This gesture was seen by many as respect for Xerox and its leader in connection with the launch of a new product.
Support
Although Justin Trudeau began his political career quite enchanting, now his ratings at home are falling.
Many people in other countries support and admire the Prime Minister. However, in his own country, Justin Trudeau received only 58% of the supporting votes in 2016, and in 2017 even less - 42% of the votes.
