Canadian ex-premier employed by PetroKazakhstan
Kazakhstan today
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A new special adviser for international relations has been appointed by "PetroKazkahstan
Inc". It is Jean Chretien, former Prime Minister of Canada, KZ-today
correspondent has been advised in the "PetroKazkahstan Inc" press service.
According to the press service, Jean Chretien was born in Shawinigan, Quebec on January 11, 1934. Mr. Chretien received a Bachelors of Arts from St. Joseph Seminary in Trois-Rivieres in 1955, and a law degree from Laval University in 1958. Subsequently, he joined the law firm of Chretien, Landry, Deschenes, Trudel and Normand, in Shawinigan.
Mr. Chretien.
By 1960, he was principal organizer for Jean Lesage, leader of the provincial Liberal party, in the election that made him Quebec Premier that year. In 1963, Chrétien was asked to run as the Liberal candidate for St-Maurice-Laflèche in the federal election.
His first elected to the House of Commons in 1963 as the Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice-Lafleche (Quebec). Over the following thirty years, he held various senior posts in Liberal governments, including Minister of Justice, Minister of Finance and Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources.
He retired (Two time)
He retired as Prime Minister of Canada in December 2003.
He retired as Prime Minister of Canada in December 2003.
On January 5, 2004, Mr. Chretien joined the Ottawa office of law firm Heenan Blaikie as counsel.
Besides, the press service has advised us that Jan Bonde Nielsen and Jean-Paul Bisnaire have been appointed members of "PetroKazkahstan Inc" board of directors.
Bonde Nielsen, 65, a businessman from Denmark, is chairman and equity partner in Greenoak Holdings, an investment company which has various international business projects in Europe and Asia.
The projects include the Batumi Oil Terminal in Georgia, the Ajarian Electricity Company, and Caspian Maritime Limited, a shipping company building large vessels for oil transportation on the Caspian Sea.
B. Nielsen is a director and former chairman of a charity organisation FARM-Africa which has been successful in raising financial aid for the development of agricultural projects throughout Africa.
J.P. Bisnaire, 52, is the senior corporate law partner of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, a legal firm whose head office is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He received a B.A. in Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1973 and an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa Law School in 1976.
He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1978. He then joined the firm and became a partner in 1980. J.P. Bisnaire is one of Canada's leading securities lawyers practising in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.