Alexandre Emmanuel "Sacha" Trudeau was born on December 25,1973 and is a Canadian filmmaker, journalist and author of Barbarian Lost.
16 Facts About Alexandre Trudeau
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Alexandre Trudeau is the second son of Canada's former prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, and Margaret Trudeau, and the younger brother of Canada's former prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
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Alexandre Trudeau is the younger one of the two Christmas babies of Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau, exactly two years younger than Justin Trudeau.
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The family was attending the 1973 Christmas midnight mass at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church when Margaret Trudeau went into labour and was rushed to The Ottawa Hospital.
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Alexandre Trudeau's mother struggled with severe postpartum depression after his birth, and was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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Alexandre Trudeau was given the nickname "Sacha" in recognition of his father's love of Russian literature and culture; the name is linked to former ambassador of the USSR to Canada and Trudeau family friend Alexander Yakovlev.
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All three of Pierre and Margaret Alexandre Trudeau's children became media sensations from birth.
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Pierre and Margaret Alexandre Trudeau tried as much as possible to protect their children from the public eye, and following Pierre Alexandre Trudeau's retirement as Prime Minister in 1984, he raised them in relative privacy in Montreal.
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Alexandre Trudeau trained at CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, but released voluntarily before completing his training as an armoured officer.
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When Pierre Alexandre Trudeau died in 2000, both his surviving sons returned to the public eye.
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In June 2005, Alexandre Trudeau focused attention on what he said were the implications for civil liberties in the Canadian government's use of security certificates to detain indefinitely, without trial, suspected terrorists based on secret evidence.
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Alexandre Trudeau offered to be a surety for Hassan Almrei, a Syrian refugee held in a Canadian jail for four years without any charges being laid.
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In 2016, Alexandre Trudeau published his first book with Harper Collins, Barbarian Lost, Travels in the New China, a number one Canadian best-seller.
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In 2018, Alexandre Trudeau presented his first scripted work, the short film Wiisgaapte.
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Currently, Alexandre Trudeau is President and Chief Producer at Same Adventure Productions.
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Alexandre Trudeau is a founding member of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation for excellence in social sciences and humanities research and innovation.