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    Jean Chrétien

    Prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003

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  1. Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien PC OM CC KC AdE (French: [ʒɑ̃ kʁetjɛ̃]; January 11, 1934) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. Born and raised in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Chrétien is a law graduate from Université Laval.

  2. Jean Chrétien (born January 11, 1934, Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian lawyer and Liberal Party politician, who served as prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. The 18th of 19 children of a working-class family, Chrétien studied law at Laval University and was called to the bar in Quebec in 1958.

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  3. Jean Chrétien, né le 11 janvier 1934 à Shawinigan ( Québec ), est un homme d'État canadien. Il est le 20e premier ministre du Canada, en fonction du 4 novembre 1993 au 12 décembre 2003, sous la bannière du Parti libéral du Canada .

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  5. Feb 2, 2012 · Lawyer and longtime parliamentarian Jean Chrétien was Canadas 20th prime minister. Early in his political career, Chrétien helped negotiate the patriation of the Canadian constitution as well as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .

  6. Apr 11, 2024 · Portrait of a Prime Minister: Jean Chrétien. Xavier Gélinas April 11, 2024. Jean Chrétien served as Canada’s Prime Minister for 10 years, from 1993 to 2003. That alone would have been enough to earn him an enduring place in Canadian history.

  7. Jean Chretien by Christian Nicholson. Like his close friend Bill Clinton (b. 1946), Jean Chretien was a moderate, pragmatic leader who presided over the distinctly Canadian era of “peace and prosperity” that defined much of the western world in the 1990s.

  8. Jean Chrétien 's tenure as prime minister of Canada occurred from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. He was sworn in as prime minister after he led his Liberal Party to a majority government in the 1993 federal election. Chrétien led the Liberals to two additional majorities in 1997 and 2000 .

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