Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister, official results showed on Sunday( 9 March 2025).

• Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with longtime ally the United States under President Donald Trump and must hold a general election soon.
• Carney, 59, took 86% of votes cast to beat former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in a contest in which just under 152,000 party members voted.
• He will now take over as Canada’s Prime Minister, following Justin Trudeau’s resignation in January.

About Mark Carney

• He is the former governor of the central banks of Canada and England .
• He vowed to uphold the retaliatory C$30 billion worth of tariffs instituted by Trudeau on American imports to Canada, until “the Americans show us some respect”.
• Carney’s election also marks the first time a political outsider has become the Canadian Prime Minister.