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Chrystia Freeland: A timeline of a life full of accomplishments

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has made history by becoming Canada’s first female finance minister, replacing Bill Morneau,who resigned abruptly Monday evening.

Here is a timeline of Freeland’s significant accomplishments in her international career.

1968 Freeland is born in Peace River, Alta. Her father, Donald Freeland, was a farmer, lawyer and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Her mother, Halyna Chomiak, was also a lawyer and ran in the 1988 federal election for the Edmonton Strathcona riding, representing the New Democratic Party.

1989 As a Harvard University student on exchange at the University of Kyiv, Freeland works as a fixer and translator for New York Times reporter Bill Keller.

1992 Freeland graduates from Harvard with an bachelor’s degree in history and literature.

1993 Freeland graduates from Oxford in the U.K. with a master of arts in Slavic studies from St Antony’s College. She attended Oxford as a Rhodes scholar.

1994 — 1998 Freeland works for the Financial Times as the Moscow bureau chief.

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