Marc Garneau

Marc Garneau
Garneau in 2018
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
January 12, 2021 – October 26, 2021
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byFrançois-Philippe Champagne
Succeeded byMélanie Joly
Minister of Transport
In office
November 4, 2015 – January 12, 2021
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byLisa Raitt
Succeeded byOmar Alghabra
Member of Parliament
for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount
(Westmount—Ville-Marie; 2008–2015)
In office
October 14, 2008 – March 8, 2023
Preceded byLucienne Robillard
Succeeded byAnna Gainey
President of the Canadian Space Agency
In office
November 22, 2001 – April 12, 2007
Appointed byJean Chretien
Preceded byWilliam MacDonald Evans
Succeeded byLaurier J. Boisvert
Personal details
Born
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau

(1949-02-23) February 23, 1949 (age 75)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
EducationRoyal Military College of Canada (BS)
Imperial College London (PhD)
Canadian Forces College
WebsiteOfficial website
Military service
Allegiance Canada
Branch/service Maritime Command
Years of service1974–1989
RankCaptain(N)
Space career
National Research Council
Canadian Space Agency
NASA astronaut
Time in space
29d 2h 1min
SelectionNRC Group (1983)
NASA Group 14 (1992)
MissionsSTS-41-G
STS-77
STS-97
Mission insignia

Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau PC CC CD (born February 23, 1949) is a retired Canadian Member of Parliament, retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former astronaut who served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, Garneau was the minister of foreign affairs from January to October 2021 and minister of transport from November 2015 to January 2021. He was an MP in Westmount, Montreal for 15 years.

Prior to entering politics, Garneau served as a naval officer and was selected as an astronaut, part of the 1983 NRC Group. On October 5, 1984, he became the first Canadian in outer space as part of STS-41-G and served on two subsequent Space Shuttle missions—STS-77 and STS-97.