John Manley (politician)

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John Manley, 2003

John Paul Manley , PC , OC (born January 5, 1950 in Ottawa ) is a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party . From 1988 to 2004 he was a member of the House of Commons and from 1993 to 2003 he held various ministerial posts.

biography

Manley earned a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton University in 1971 , attended the École française moderne in Lausanne until 1972 and then studied law at the University of Ottawa until 1976 , where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws .

After graduating, Manley worked for the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Canada until 1977 , when he moved to a law firm. In 1988 Manley was elected to the House of Commons for the constituency of South Ottawa. When the Liberal Party won a majority of the votes in the 1993 general election, Manley became Minister of Industry under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien . He was confirmed in this office in the 1997 elections. In October 2000, Manley took over the post of Foreign Minister as the successor to Lloyd Axworthy, who had left at his own request . After the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 he was further appointed Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Public Security and counter-terrorism. For his work in these roles, Time magazine named him 2001 Canadian Newsmaker of the Year . In January 2002, Manley lost the office of Secretary of State to William Graham , but became Deputy Prime Minister and retained responsibility for public security and the fight against terrorism. In 2002 Manley assumed the office of Treasury Secretary. After Jean Chrétien's resignation, Manley ran for the office of party chairman, but was defeated by Paul Martin . In the government that was newly formed in December 2003, he no longer held a ministerial post. He was offered the post of Ambassador to the United States, but he declined.

In 2004 Manley retired from the House of Commons and returned to his practice as a lawyer. He sits on the boards of Nortel Networks , the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Canadian Pacific Railway . Manley has received honorary doctorates from the University of Ottawa and Carleton University for his services .

Manley is married and has three children. He is a cousin of Canadian figure skater Elizabeth Manley .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Manley declines Martin offer of Washington post , www.ctv.ca. December 16, 2003. 
personal data
SURNAME Manley, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manley, John Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian lawyer and Liberal Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa