Michael Ignatieff is a university professor, writer and former
Canadian politician. Most recently, he served as president and rector at the
Central European University (CEU) from 2016-2021. Prior to CEU, he was Edward
R. Murrow Professor of Practice at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics
& Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.
He holds a doctorate in history from Harvard University and has
held academic posts at the University of British Columbia, Cambridge
University, the University of Toronto, the London School of Economics and
Harvard University, where he was director of the Carr Center for Human Rights
Policy between 2000 and 2005.
Between 2006 and 2011, he served as an MP in the Parliament of
Canada and then as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of the
Official Opposition.
Affiliations
Professor of History and Rector Emeritus, Central European University
Senior Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
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