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Stephen Joseph Harper PC CC AOE (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. Harper is the first and only prime minister to come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada, serving as the party's first leader from 2004 to 2015.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Stephen Harper (born April 30, 1959, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian politician who served as prime minister of Canada (2006–15). Early life and start of political career. Harper was born in eastern Canada, where he spent his childhood.
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Jan 18, 2012 · Learn about the life and career of Stephen Harper, Canada's longest-serving Conservative prime minister since Sir John A. Macdonald. Find out how he rose from a Reform Party activist to a leader of a united right-wing party and a champion of Alberta's interests.
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Jul 6, 2023 · Former PM Stephen Harper, who chairs a global alliance of right-leaning parties, met with Hungarian leader Viktor Orban in Budapest. Orban's government has faced criticism for democratic backsliding, anti-migrant policies and pro-Russia stance.
Oct 21, 2015 · Stephen Harper's legacy: Good, bad and a dose of ugly The Harper decade ends with a tangled legacy: a louder foreign policy, lower taxes, a balanced budget, and an abrasive political style...
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Mar 23, 2023 · Former prime minister Stephen Harper mocked the Liberal government for allegedly accepting money from China to influence elections. He also dismissed the NDP's deal with the Liberals as "nothing" and advised the Conservatives to focus on holding the government accountable.
Stephen Harper, in full Stephen Joseph Harper, (born April 30, 1959, Toronto, Ont., Can.), Canadian prime minister (2006–15). Harper received an M.A. degree in economics from the University of Calgary in 1991, after which he directed his career toward politics and public policy analysis.
