Christia Freeland

Christia Freeland is a politician, writer and journalist of Ukrainian descent. 

Her mother, Halyna Khomiak, was born in 1946 after the war in a refugee camp in Germany. She was a lawyer.

Christia Freeland served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada in the government of Justin Trudeau. 

On January 5, 2026, Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Christia Freeland as his freelance adviser on economic development.

 

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