Former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney, who led the country from 1984 to 1993, died this Thursday (29) at the age of 84, his daughter announced on social networks.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the death of my father, the Right Honorable Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada,” wrote Caroline Mulroney on the X network. “He died peacefully, surrounded by his family” , she added. .

The politician, originally from Quebec, had a significant impact on the Canadian political scene during the 1980s, notably by signing a historic free trade treaty with the United States, later adopted by Mexico.

Fluent in French and English, his education included law and a career as a business manager before entering politics.

Upon becoming Prime Minister in 1984, he distinguished himself by his stance against the apartheid regime in South Africa, causing friction with the British Prime Minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher. In addition, he favored a notable rapprochement with the United States of Ronald Reagan, putting an end to the cold relations that had taken place during the liberal government led by Pierre Elliott Trudeau, father of the current prime minister.

Re-elected in 1988, he was pressured to resign five years later, marked by the worst popularity rating in history, in a context of economic instability and unemployment reaching record levels.

“Brian Mulroney loved Canada. I feel great sadness to learn of his death,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on the X network.[Ele] He never stopped working for Canadians and always sought to make this country a better place to live.

With information from UOL