November 29, 2005 Source: Concordia University:
http://publicaffairs.concordia.ca/mediaroom/pressreleases/2005/11/005557.shtml Fall Convocation - Biography - Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, LLD MONTREAL/November 29, 2005 — In September 1984, Brian Mulroney led the Progressive Conservative party to the largest victory in Canadian history, becoming Canada’s eighteenth Prime
Minister. He was re-elected with a majority government four years later thereby becoming the first Canadian Prime Minister in 35 years to win successive majority governments and the first
Conservative Prime Minister to do so in 100 years. He resigned in June 1993, having served almost 9 years as Prime Minister. His government introduced significant new initiatives such as the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Canada-U.S. Acid Rain Treaty. Prime Minister Mulroney’s government also introduced a series of privatizations, a low inflation policy, historic tax reform, extensive deregulation and expenditure reduction policies that continue to be the basis of Canada’s impressive economic performance today. Prime Minister Mulroney also served as Co-Chairman of the United Nations Summit on Children and his government played leading roles in the campaign against apartheid in South Africa, creation of Le Sommet de la Francophonie and the Gulf war. Mr. Mulroney was born in Baie Comeau, Quebec, in 1939, one of 6 children. His father, Benedict, was an electrician with the Quebec North Shore Paper Company. He graduated from St. Thomas College High School, Chatham, N.B., received his honors undergraduate degree from St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, N.S., and a law degree from Université Laval in Quebec City. He practiced law in Montreal and served as President of the Iron Ore Company of Canada before entering politics by becoming Party Leader in 1983 and Leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons, to which he was first elected in 1983 and re-elected in 1984 and 1988. Upon resigning, Mr. Mulroney rejoined the Montreal law firm of Ogilvy Renault as Senior Partner. He serves as a director of Barrick Gold Corporation [Toronto], Archer Daniels Midland Company [Decatur, Ill.], Cendant Corporation and Trizec Properties Inc. [New York], Quebecor Inc., and Quebecor World Inc. [Montreal]. Mr. Mulroney acts as Senior Counselor to Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst, a global private equity firm [Dallas]. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Quebecor World Inc., [Montreal] Chairman of Forbes Global [New York] and Chairman of the International Advisory Board of Barrick Gold [Toronto]. He is also a member of the International Advisory Councils of the China International Trust and Investment Corporation [Beijing]; JPMorgan Chase & Co., [New York]; Independent News and Media, PLC [Dublin], General Enterprise Management Services Limited [British Virgin Islands] and Magna International [Toronto]. Mr. Mulroney is also a Trustee of the Montreal Heart Institute, the International Advisory Council of Les Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) of l’Université de Montréal; [Montreal], the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Council on Foreign Relations [New York]. Mr. Mulroney has been awarded Canada’s highest honour, Companion of the Order of Canada, and Grand Officier de L’Ordre National du Québec and has received honorary degrees and awards from universities and governments at home and abroad. In 1973, he married Mila Pivnicki and they have four children: Caroline (1974), Benedict (1976), Mark (1979) and Nicolas (1985). They reside in Westmount, Quebec.
Source: Chris Mota,
Senior Public Relations Officer
Concordia University
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