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Sunday, 12 February, 2012
12:37 GMT 16:37 Moscow Local Time: 16:37 G8/2006 RUSSIA |
CANADA
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STEPHEN HARPER
Prime Minister of Canada
Assumption of the office: January, 2006
Date of birth: April 30, 1959
Place of birth: Toronto
Family status: Married / two children |
| Occupation: | BA - University of Calgary 1985. MA - University of Calgary 1991 Profession: Economist |
| Career: | 1985 - began his political career as Executive Assistant to Jim Hawkes, Progressive Conservative MP
1987- Chief Policy Officer for the Reform Party. 1988- Legislative Assistant to Deborah Gray, the Reform Party's first MP. 1993- First elected to the House of Commons as the Reform MP. 1997- Did not seek re-election to take the post of President of the National Citizens Coalition, a public organization working to protect Canadians' fundamental political and economic freedoms. 2002- Elected to the House of Commons and Leader of the Canadian Alliance Party. In this capacity, he led the official opposition till the end of 2003. 2004, March 20-Elected Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and opposition leader in the House of Commons.
2006, January 23-Led the Conservative Party to victory with a minority government. |