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1 0 K A S I M Ö Z E L 65 yıl önce bugün aramızdan ayrılan büyük önder Atatürk'ü, bir kez daha saygıyla anıyoruz...
Lester Bowles Pearson 1897-1972Lester B.Pearson was born on April 23,1897, in Newtonbrook, near Toronto. He attended University of Toronto until 1915. After service abroad in The First World War he continued his education at Oxford University. He was a lecturer in history in Toronto until 1928, when he joined the Canadian Department of External Affairs as First Secretary. In 1945 Pearson became Canada's first ambassador to Washington.The next year he returned to Canada and became under-secretary of State for External Affairs. In 1948 he was elected to a seat in Parliament for Algoma East as a Liberal. Pearson took an active part in the UN Organization and was president of The Seventh UN General Assembly. In 1957 Pearson was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for his greatest diplomatic achievement, proposal of sending UN peacekeeping force to the Suez Canal area. He became fourteenth prime minister of Canada in 1963,when the Liberal party, whose leader he was, won the elections. During his term, the Canadian flag was adopted, the Canada Assistance Plan and Medicare were introduced, as well as the Canada Pension Plan. He is also responsible for the introduction of bilingualism and biculturalism in Canada
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