Alexandre Trudeau
| Alexandre Trudeau | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Alexandre Emmanuel Trudeau December 25, 1973 Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Zoë Bedos |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) |
Pierre Trudeau (father) Margaret Trudeau (mother) |
| Relatives |
Justin Trudeau (brother) Michel Trudeau (brother) Sophie Grégoire (sister-in-law) Sarah Coyne (half-sister) Kyle Kemper (half-brother) Alicia Kemper (half-sister) |
Alexandre Emmanuel "Sacha" Trudeau (born December 25, 1973) is a Canadian filmmaker, journalist and author of Barbarian Lost. He is the second son of Canada's former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and Margaret Trudeau, and the younger brother of Canada's current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Alexandre is the younger one of the two Christmas babies of Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau, exactly two years younger than Justin Trudeau. The family was attending the 1973 Christmas midnight mass at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church when Margaret Trudeau went into labour and was rushed to Ottawa Civic Hospital. Alexandre Trudeau thus shares a birthday with his eldest brother, Justin (born 1971). His mother struggled with severe postpartum depression after his birth, and was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He was given the nickname "Sasha" (the Russian diminutive of Alexander) in recognition of his father's love of Russian literature and culture. The name also is linked to former ambassador of the USSR to Canada and family friend Alexander Yakovlev. Alexandre Trudeau's younger brother, Michel, was born in 1975. All three of Pierre and Margaret Trudeau's children became media sensations from birth.
When talking about her sons each having distinctly different personalities, in an interview in 1977, Margaret Trudeau said, "Justin, 6, is a prince – a very good little boy. Sacha, born Christmas Day, 1973, is a bit of a revolutionary, very determined and strong willed. Miche (Michel) is a happy, well-adjusted child, who combined the best traits of both brothers."
His parents announced they would separate in 1977; his mother, unbeknownst to the public, then lived in an attic suite within the Prime Minister's official residence at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa for the next three years, so as to make the adjustment easier on the children. After the divorce was finalized on April 2, 1984, he and his brothers attended the civil ceremony in which Margaret Trudeau remarried to Ottawa real estate developer Fried Kemper on April 18, 1984. A half-brother, Kyle Kemper (born 1984), and a half-sister, Alicia Kemper (born 1988), soon followed. Pierre and Margaret Trudeau tried as much as possible to protect their children from the public eye, and following Pierre Trudeau's retirement as Prime Minister in 1984, he raised them in relative privacy in Montreal. Alexandre Trudeau gained another half-sister, Sarah Coyne (born 1992), from his father's relationship with Canadian politician Deborah Coyne.
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