The political family of Ukrainian immigrants
As Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau is deeply involved in the WE Charity scandal, not only has his former ally Quebec Group told him to collapse after the resumption of Congress in September, but now even the Finance Minister Bill Morneau, one of his right-hand men, cannot be saved. Resigning from his post as minister and member of parliament, is a bare resignation. In order to boost morale of the Liberal Party, Trudeau announced the appointment of Deputy Prime Minister and Intergovernmental Minister Chrystia Freeland to serve as the important position of Finance Minister, making her the most powerful woman in Canada today, and her successor status is about to emerge.
Fang Huilan is a descendant of Ukrainian immigrants. She was born in Hepinghe Town, Alberta, Canada in 1968. Her father Donald Freeland is a farmer and lawyer. She is also a senior member of the Federal Liberal Party. Her mother Halyna Chomiak is also a lawyer. However, her political tendency is the Federal New Democratic Party. In 1988, she represented the party in Edmonton, Alberta, and she lost to the election by a 5,000 votes.
In addition, Fang Huilan's grandfather Wilbur Freeland also supported the Federal Liberal Party for a long time and participated in local party affairs in Calgary, while his aunt Beulah Freeland is the wife of Ged Baldwin, a member of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. As far as family environment is concerned, Fang Huilan's whole family has family members in politics and is distributed in three different major parties, which is rare in Canadian politics.
However, it is worth mentioning that although Fang Huilan's grandfather Michael Chomiak was a reporter, he cooperated with Nazi Germany during World War II and served as the editor-in-chief of the anti-Semitic newspaper News of Krakow. This stain is an indelible page that Fang Huilan's family history.
In terms of personal emotional life, Fang Huilan is married, and her husband is New York Times reporter Graham Bowley, and the two have three children.
As for Fang Huilan's Chinese name, this is her visit to the local Chinatown when she participated in the Toronto Congress by-election in 2013. The Toronto Chinese Federation also held a grand naming ceremony. Among them is a common surname in China, transliterated from Freeland, while Huilan is a metaphor for Huizhilan's heart. Fang Huilan was very satisfied with this Chinese name and mentioned it many times when dealing with the Toronto Chinese community in the future.
From a top student to a senior media person
When he was young, Fang Huilan was a top student. In 1990, he received a bachelor's degree in literature from Harvard University, focusing on Russian history and literature. In the same year, he received a Rhodes scholarship and went to St. Anthony's College of Oxford to further his studies, specializing in international relations and political economy, and obtained a master's degree in 1993.
After graduation, Fang Huilan was able to speak four languages: English, French, Russian and Ukrainian, so she became very skilled after investing in her media career. She served as the president of the Financial Times branch in Moscow and the editor-in-chief of the United States. In 1999, she was transferred to the deputy editor-in-chief of the Canadian Globe and Mail. Later, she joined Reuters in 2010 and once served as executive manager, reaching the peak of her media career.
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When he was a media person, Fang Huilan also met Bank of England President Mark Carney, former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and financial tycoon Soros and other important figures in the financial industry, especially the contributor of Soros' autobiography is Fang Huilan. It can be seen that the relationship between the two is really extraordinary.
Seven years of political career approaching the peak of power
In 2013, Fang Huilan chose to leave the media industry, accepted the recruitment of then Liberal Party leader Trudeau, and joined the by-election of the Central Congress Members of the Toronto area. She defeated the New Democratic star candidate and the famous Canadian political and economic journalist Linda McQuaig, and entered the political arena for the first time.
In 2015, Fang Huilan switched the runway and headed to the newly established Ontario University-Rosedale constituency, defeating the New Democratic star candidate, a famous Canadian TV producer and TV reporter Jennifer Hollett, thus further gaining popularity among Trudeau and entering the Liberal Cabinet, where he served as Minister of International Trade and Foreign Minister.
During his ministerial career, Fang Huilan's most proud work was to successfully complete the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and reach a new version of the US-Canada-Mexico agreement with the United States and Mexico. For this reason, it was named the 37th outstanding leader of the year by Forbes magazine and was also hailed as the minister of everything by McLean Magazine.
Although the Liberal Party was re-election successful in 2019, it was already a minority government at this time, and it also lost all seats in the western provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. In order to make up for communication and connection with voters in these two provinces, Fang Huilan was appointed as deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs, as a bridge of communication with Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Now Fang Huilan is appointed again in danger and serves as the important position of Finance Minister and becomes the most powerful woman in the country. If Trudeau is successfully downgraded by the opposition party in September this year and loses a new round of elections, then Fang Huilan will have a high probability of competing for the leader of the Liberal Party and focusing on future elections. If the election wins, then Fang Huilan will be the second female prime minister in Canada's history.
Even if Trudeau can pass this time, Fang Huilan's successor status is basically determined, and it is only a matter of time before she becomes the female prime minister. However, historically, although Liberal Prime Minister Kretien established Finance Minister Martin as his successor in the 1990s, Martin did not hesitate to force the palace to get ahead of schedule. The final result was that although Martin got his way as he wished in 2003, the Liberal Party fell into division since then, and thus lost its ruling power two years later. So will Fang Huilan follow in Martin's footsteps and whether Trudeau can take a firm position, there are great changes in the future.
This article is a personal opinion and does not represent the position of the Risenews official account.
Author: Wen Cun Yidao
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