- Born
- Birth nameJoseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
- Nickname
- Le petit gars de Shawinigan
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Jean Chrétien was born on January 11, 1934 in Shawinigan, Québec, Canada. He was previously married to Aline Chrétien.
- SpouseAline Chrétien(September 10, 1957 - September 12, 2020) (her death, 3 children)
- RelativesMichel Chrétien(Sibling)
- Has two sons, Michel and Hubert, and one daughter, France.
- Elected Canadian Prime Minister in November 1993.
- A condition rendered the left side of his face frozen and his left ear deaf.
- When a stalker breached security at the Prime Ministers residence in the early 1990s, his wife, Aline, rendered him unconcious with an Inuit soap stone statue. This made him the subject of ridicule by Canadian Comics and the incident reflected badly on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- Replaced as Prime Minister of Canada by Paul Martin
- [observationn, 2018, on the use of preferential voting systems in elections] For all the professors who want to sit in Parliament but who can't even get themselves elected dog catcher, sure, it's a good system. Going to the street corner, shaking hands and asking for a vote. That's democracy.
- [in interview with Vassy Kapelos on serving as prime minister] It's your job. If you don't want to do it, it's easy: you take a piece of paper, you sign "I resign", and it's over.
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