Mark Carney

2026-05-08T02:43:38Z

185.98.171.247: Changed age to 61 years old

{{Infobox politician|name=Mark Carney|birth_date=March 16, 1965 (age 61)|birth_place=Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, [[Canada]]|political_orientation=[[Neoliberalism]]<br>[[Imperialism]]|political_party=[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]|image=Mark Carney.webp}}

'''Mark Joseph Carney''' (born 16 March 1965 in [[Fort Smith (Northwest Territories)|Fort Smith]], [[Northwest Territories]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Politics|politician]], [[Economics|economist]], and bank manager currently serving as the 24th [[prime minister of Canada]] as well as the [[Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada|leader of the Liberal Party]] since March 2025. Carney has never held any elected public office and was instead a banker for most of his career, having previously served as the 8th [[governor of the Bank of Canada]] from 2008 to 2013, during the [[2008 financial crisis]], and the 120th [[governor of the Bank of England]] from 2013 to 2020, during [[Brexit]] and the start of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

Following [[Resignation of Justin Trudeau|the announcement in January 2025]] that unpopular leader [[Justin Trudeau]] planned to resign (both as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister), Carney declared his intent to run in [[2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|the ensuing March party election]]. Carney dishonestly sold himself as an outsider despite his close ties to the Liberal Party leadership. This perceived disconnect from Trudeau's leadership as well as the aggressive rhetoric of [[President of the United States|Statesian president]] [[Donald Trump]] allowed the banker to gain popularity, winning the election in a landslide. In actuality however, Carney's policies do not vary much from his predecessor, and Canada's support for [[neoliberalism]], [[imperialism]] and [[Ukraine]] remains unchanged.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Luke Savage|newspaper=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]|title=Canada’s Incoming Prime Minister Is a Banker|date=2025-03-11|url=https://jacobin.com/2025/03/mark-carney-canada-prime-minister/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315092825/https://jacobin.com/2025/03/mark-carney-canada-prime-minister/|archive-date=2025-03-15}}</ref>

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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Canadians of Irish descent]]
[[Category:Current heads of government]]
[[Category:Governors of the Bank of Canada]]
[[Category:Governors of the Bank of England]]
[[Category:Politicians in Canada]]
[[Category:Prime Ministers of Canada]]

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