Jean Chretien By facebooker_1690052164596376 Jan 11, 1934 Jean Chetien Born January 11th, 1934 Period: Jan 11, 1934 to Jan 1, 2003 Jean Chretien Jan 19, 1946 Suffers a Bells Palsy attack leaving half his face paralyzed Jan 19, 1957 Married Aline Chaine Jan 19, 1959 Graduated from Laval University Jan 19, 1963 Elected to the House of Commons Jan 19, 1965 Appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Jan 19, 1968 Appointed Minister of National Revenue Jan 19, 1974 Became President of the Treasury Board Jan 19, 1976 Became Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce Jan 19, 1977 Appointed Minister of Finance. Jan 19, 1980 Appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jan 19, 1982 Appointed Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Jan 19, 1982 Appointed Bertha Wilson as the first woman justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Jan 19, 1984 Became Deputy Prime Minister Jan 19, 1986 Resigned from the House of Commons, to persue law Jan 19, 1990 Came back and was elected Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Jan 19, 1990 Elected to the House of Commons again Jan 19, 1993 Became Prime Minister Jan 19, 1997 Started implementing the Child benefit system Jan 19, 1998 Gave Canada its first economic surplus in over 20 years Jan 19, 1998 Signed Kyoto Protocol Jan 19, 2002 Ensisted on a placement of international criminal court Jan 19, 2003 Retired