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Lester Pearson is a great leader

Each country has great leaders in present or at the past. There are many examples in Canada and one of them is Lester Pearson. He is one of the greatest Canadian leaders in several reasons. During his life, formed prime-minister of Canada had done a lot of good and useful things to society. Pearson was a servant leader who was interesting in helping people. And also he had the most important pillars of leadership.
There are many highlights of leadership that we can take from Pearson’s biography. He was born on April 23, 1897 in Newtonbrook, near Toronto. He attended University of Toronto until 1915. After service abroad in The First World War he continued his education at Oxford University. He was a lecturer in history in Toronto until 1928, when he joined the Canadian Department of External Affairs as First Secretary. In 1945 Pearson became Canada's first ambassador to Washington. The next year he returned to Canada and became under-secretary of State for External Affairs. In ...

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