# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-ignatieff
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:26:56.518Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-ignatieff"
name: "Michael Ignatieff"
slug: "michael-ignatieff"
description: "Michael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian author, academic and former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party and leader of the Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Known for his work as a historian, Ignatieff has held senior academic posts at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, and Toronto. Most recently, he was rector and president of Central European University; he held this position from 2016 to 2021."
tagline: "Canadian professor, writer and politician"
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birthDate: "1947-05-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump