Canada's Current Role In Foreign Affairs
Jun 29, 2017
Chrystia Freeland
Canada's Current Role In Foreign Affairs

Chrystia Freeland, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs as of January 2017, began her political career after winning the nomination for the Liberal Party in her riding (University - Rosedale) in 2013.  Previously, she served as Minister of International Trade.

Prior to entering politics, Chrystia Freeland was a successful journalist who worked in various roles for such organizations as the Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, The Globe and Mail and Reuters.

Among her many accomplishments is that of an author.  Her published works include The Sale of the Century as well as Plutocrats:  The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else.  Plutocrats was a New York Times bestseller, winner of the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize for non-fiction reporting on foreign affairs.  The same year it was also awarded the National Business Book Award for the most outstanding Canadian business related book.

Chrystia Freeland hold degrees from Harvard University and Oxford.

She is married to Graham Bowley, a British writer and New York Times reporter.  They have three children.

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