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Donald Frank Mazankowski

ID: OS-007312-P

Donald Frank Mazankowski

Quebec | Canada
First name:
Donald Frank
Last Name:
Mazankowski
Pseudonym:
Don
Date of birth:
27-07-1935
Date of death:
27-10-2020
Age:
85
Profession:
politician
Honours and awards:
Honourable (Człowiek honoru), Order of Canada (dwukrotnie)
Biography:

Donald (Don) Frank Mazankowski (1935-2020), Canadian politician of Polish descent, born in Viking, Alberta. A long-time Conservative Party activist who was a member of the federal Parliament for 25 years. He served as a cabinet minister to Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. He was Minister of Finance and in 1986 was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, a position he held until his retirement in 1993.He was the only Pole in the history of this country to hold such a high office. In 1992, Mazankowski was one of a small group of prominent Canadians to be awarded the title of Honourable. He has twice been awarded the Order of Canada (Officer in 2000 and Companion in 2013).

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