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Donald Frank “Don” Mazankowski
27 Jul 1935 – 27 Oct 2020
| Birth | 27 Jul 1935 |
| Death | 27 Oct 2020 |
| Cemetery | Riverside Cemetery Vegreville , Lloydminster Census Division , Alberta , Canada |
| Added by | Tonya on 10 Jun 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228347555 |
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Donald Frank Mazankowski, PC, CC, AOE (July 27, 1935 – October 27, 2020) was a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister under prime ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. He was also deputy prime minister under Brian Mulroney. Don Mazankowski served as Minister of Transport, under Prime Minister Joe Clark. Under Brian Mulroney in the 1984 election, Mazankowski again became Minister of Transport. In 1986, he was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister and Government House Leader. Mazankowski became one of the most widely known public faces of the Tory government. He played an especially important role as an advocate for the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement. Don Mazankowski retired from politics on June 7, 1993, when Kim Campbell succeeded Brian Mulroney as PC leader and prime minister. Two weeks later, Mazankowski was replaced as Finance Minister by Gilles Loiselle. Mazankowski did not run in the 1993 election that saw his party reduced to two seats in the House of Commons. He returned to the private sector and served on the boards of several organizations, including the University of Alberta. Mazankowski declined an offer of a Senate seat made by Mulroney in his final days as prime minister. In August 2001, Ralph Klein, the Premier of Alberta at the time, established the Premier's Advisory Council on Health, with Mazankowski as chair. He put the Council of twelve men in charge of reviewing Alberta's health care system and offering recommendations for health reform. The Council released its report on January 8, 2002, and the Alberta government accepted all of the recommendations. The report focused on market-consumerism with emphasis on consumer choice and market competition. The Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute in Edmonton is a world leader in complex cardiac care and surgery and was named in his Honour.
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