Chrystia Freeland
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| Warden of Rhodes House and Chief Executive Officer of the Rhodes Trust | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assuming office July 1, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeding | Rick Trainor (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office November 20, 2019 – December 16, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Anne McLellan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office October 19, 2015 – January 9, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Riding established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | University—Rosedale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office November 24, 2013 – October 19, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bob Rae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bill Morneau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Toronto Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Christina Alexandra Freeland August 2, 1968 Peace River, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Graham Bowley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Awards | Rhodes Scholarship (1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christina Alexandra Freeland PC (born August 2, 1968) is a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 10th deputy prime minister of Canada from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Liberal Party, she was first elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto Centre in 2013 and then represented University—Rosedale from 2015 to 2026. Freeland served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2025 during the premierships of Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney.
Following the 2015 federal election, Freeland was appointed by Prime Minister Trudeau to serve as the minister of international trade and became the minister of foreign affairs in 2017, as Canada negotiated the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and finalized the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). In 2019, she became deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs, serving in the latter role until 2020, when she became minister of finance. As finance minister, Freeland introduced four federal budgets, including federal aid measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was the first woman to serve in the role.
In December 2024, Freeland resigned from Cabinet on the day she was scheduled to present the government’s fall economic statement, triggering a political crisis that ultimately led to the resignation of Trudeau. Freeland ran in the subsequent 2025 Liberal leadership election, placing a distant second to Carney. In March 2025, Freeland returned to Cabinet after Carney appointed her minister of transport and internal trade, positions she held until resigning in September 2025. That same month, she was appointed special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
On January 5, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Freeland's appointment as an unpaid economic adviser to his government. Later that week, Freeland announced her intention to resign as special representative and from Parliament. Her resignations took effect on January 9. In July 2026, Freeland will become the warden of Rhodes House and chief executive officer of the Rhodes Trust.