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Who is Mark Carney? All about Trump critic replacing Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister
Mark Carney has been elected as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and is set to become the country’s next prime minister. He will succeed Trudeau.
Mark Carney, the former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor, has been elected as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and is set to become the country’s next prime minister. He will succeed Justin Trudeau, who stepped down earlier this year.
Who is Mark Carney?
Mark Carney, born in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada, grew up in Edmonton before heading to the United States to study economics at Harvard University. He later moved to the United Kingdom, where he earned a master’s degree, followed by a doctorate in economics from the University of Oxford in 1995.
Carney was appointed Governor of the Bank of Canada in 2008. His leadership quickly gained recognition, with Time magazine naming him one of the world’s 25 most influential leaders in 2010. The following year, Reader’s Digest Canada honored him as the “Most Trusted Canadian,” and in 2012, Euromoney magazine named him Central Bank Governor of the Year.
In 2013, Carney moved to the United Kingdom to take the role of Governor of the Bank of England, becoming the first non-British citizen to lead the institution in its 300-year history. He served in this role until 2020.
In recent years, Carney has taken on roles such as the United Nations' Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, as well as Head of Transition Investing at Brookfield Asset Management. He stepped down from these positions to pursue leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Mark Carney Family -
Mark Carney married Diana Fox in 1994. Fox, a British economist specializing in developing nations, met Carney while they were both studying at the University of Oxford, according to the Times of India. She comes from a British pig-farming family and holds dual citizenship in the UK and Canada. Over the years, she has lived and worked in Africa, Europe, and North America.
The couple has four children. They initially lived in Toronto before moving to Ottawa’s Rockcliffe Park neighborhood. In 2013, they relocated to London when Carney took on the role of Governor of the Bank of England. After Carney left his position in 2020, the family returned to Ottawa.
In 2018, BBC reported that one of their daughters was finishing her A-levels, while another was completing her GCSEs.
