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Also Known As Lester Bowles Pearson
Born April 23, 1897 ‱ Toronto ‱ Canada
Died December 27, 1972 (aged 75) ‱ Ottawa ‱ Canada
Title / Office prime minister (1963-1968), Canada
Political Affiliation Liberal Party of Canada
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1957)
Role In Suez Crisis

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