Michael Ignatieff
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The Honourable Michael Ignatieff PC CM |
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President and Rector of Central European University |
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Assumed office September 1, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | John Shattuck |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office December 10, 2008 – May 2, 2011 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Stéphane Dion |
| Succeeded by | Jack Layton |
| Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada | |
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In office May 2, 2009 – May 25, 2011 Interim: December 10, 2008 – May 2, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Stéphane Dion |
| Succeeded by | Bob Rae (Interim) |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Etobicoke–Lakeshore |
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In office February 6, 2006 – May 26, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Augustine |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Trottier |
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Michael Grant Ignatieff May 12, 1947 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Barrowclough (1977–97) Zsuzsanna Zsohar (1999–) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada (private) Budapest, Hungary |
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University of Toronto University of Oxford Harvard University King's College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Author, screenwriter, journalist, academic |
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Michael Grant Ignatieff, PC CM (/ɪɡˈnæti.ɛf/; born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian author, academic and former politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Known for his work as a historian, Ignatieff has held senior academic posts at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard and Toronto.
While living in the United Kingdom from 1978 to 2000, Ignatieff became well known as a television and radio broadcaster and as an editorial columnist for The Observer. His documentary series Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism aired on BBC in 1993, and won a Canadian Gemini Award. His book of the same name, based on the series, won the Gordon Montador Award for Best Canadian Book on Social Issues and the University of Toronto's Lionel Gelber Prize. His memoir, The Russian Album, won Canada's Governor General's Literary Award and the British Royal Society of Literature's Heinemann Prize in 1988. His novel, Scar Tissue, was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1994. In 2000, he delivered the Massey Lectures, entitled The Rights Revolution, which was released in print later that year.
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