Pierre Pettigrew

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pierre Pettigrew
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 18, 1951(1951-04-18)
Age	73
Birthplace	Quebec City
Country	Canada
Birth City	Quebec City
Horoscope	Aries

Pierre Pettigrew Biography

Pierre Pettigrew is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 18, 1951 in Quebec City, Quebec City, Canada. Pierre Stewart Pettigrew PC (born April 18, 1951) is a Canadian politician and businessperson.

From 1996 to 1999, he also served as Minister of Human Resources Development. In that time, the Department of Human Resources Development represented more than half of the Canadian federal budget. Pettigrew negotiated with the provinces and the territories the National Child Benefit, the most important social program since Canada Pension Plan (1966), a 10 billions program by now. He implemented the new Employment Insurance Program which became balanced after years of deficit despite lowering the premiums. Under his watch, however, ineffective accounting practices at HRDC allegedly left millions of dollars unaccounted for. Pettigrew was fortunate to have been shuffled to the portfolio of International Trade. His successor Jane Stewart took the brunt of the “billion-dollar boondoggle” scandal.

In 1999, Pettigrew wrote Pour une politique de la confiance (English translation: The New Politics of Confidence), a book on globalization and the art of governing.

As Minister for International Trade, he promoted free trade and always characterized the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as “a tremendous success”. and a model to expand upon. He was a key participant in the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade talks, claiming that Canada’s main goal of lowering agricultural subsidies would be of great benefit to the world’s poorer nations. At the 2003 WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún, Pettigrew played an aggressive role as chair of the working group on the Singapore issues, controversial sectors of proposed liberalization which were bitterly opposed by some developing nation delegates, not to mention masses of protesters outside of the gates where the meetings were held. He also championed the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and in the period leading up to the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City in 2001, he spearheaded a campaign to allay growing public suspicion of the deal by promising the eventual release of the draft negotiating texts. After a delay due to translating the texts into the Portuguese language, the texts were made publicly available July 3, 2001. Throughout his mandate at International Trade, he was heavily embroiled in the US – Canada softwood lumber dispute.

Following the 1995 Quebec referendum Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was committed to bringing in more star candidates from Quebec to his cabinet. He thus appointed Pettigrew and Stéphane Dion to cabinet, even before they were in the house.

Pierre Pettigrew Net Worth

Pierre Pettigrew is one of the richest Politician from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pierre Pettigrew 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Quebec City, Pettigrew has a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (1972) and a Master of Philosophy degree in international relations from the University of Oxford (1976) where he studied at Balliol College.

Prior to seeking elected office, Pettigrew was director of the Political Committee, NATO Assembly, in Brussels, from 1976 to 1978, executive assistant to the Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1978 to 1981 and Foreign Policy Advisor to Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, from 1981 to 1984. Pettigrew was Vice-President of Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche in Montreal from 1985 to 1995, where he acted as a business consultant to companies with dealings in international markets.

André Ouellet was made head of Canada Post, opening the riding of Papineau —Saint-Michel. Pettigrew was elected to Parliament in a March 25, 1996 by- election. He was re-elected in 1997 and 2000, representing the new riding of Papineau—Saint-Denis. In 1996 he became Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie.

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On April 26, 2005, the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir reported that the trilingual Pettigrew, who speaks English, French and Spanish, would leave Canadian politics to serve as the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. The newspaper suggested that Pettigrew had sufficient support among OAS members to win the job, although officially Canada supported the election of Luis Ernesto Derbez of Mexico in the 2005 OAS Secretary General election.

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Pierre Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Pierre Pettigrew celebrates birthday on April 18 of every year.

Pettigrew served in the Liberal cabinet of Jean Chrétien in various capacities and in the government of Paul Martin as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the 2006 federal election he was defeated as the Member of Parliament for the Montreal-area electoral district of Papineau.