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- Born: May 12, 1947
- Birth place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Spouse: Zsuzsanna Zsohar
- Two children, Theo and Sophie
- Attended the University of Toronto, the University of Oxford and Harvard University
- Elected the Member of Parliament for the Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding in Ontario in 2006
- Former deputy leader of the Liberal PartyCBC: The new party leader (December 9, 2008)
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Canadian author, human rights expert and politician Michael Ignatieff is the leader of Canada's opposition Liberal Party. Shortly after the coalition between the New Democrats, the Bloc Quebecois and the Liberals was quashed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's successful suspension of Parliament until January of 2009, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion announced his resignation. Ignatieff was one of the three candidates to take over the party leadership, but the other two candidates, Dominic LeBlanc and Bob Rae, announced that they were dropping out of the race on December 8 and 9, respectively.The Globe and Mail: An aura of inevitability surrounds Ignatieff (December 9, 2008) CBC: The new party leader (December 9, 2008) Election talks increased following the Liberal acceptance of a conservative proposed budget plan in late-January 2009.Reuters: Canadian government safe, but election talk not far off
Scholar and Human Rights Expert
As the former Director of Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University and a former professor of human rights policy at the University of Toronto, Ignatieff is among the world's leading experts on human rights and policy.Carnegie Council: Michael Ignatieff He has authored 16 books and has taught some of the most well respected higher learning institutions in Canada, the United States and Britain, including Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and the London School of Economics.CBC: The new party leader (December 9, 2008)-
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BLOGS: The road back: As he tries to find a way back to contention, there are two roads open to Michael Ignatieff. ... http://bit.ly/8pMuLE
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