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Lester Bowles Pearson PC OM CC OBE (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario (now part of Toronto), Pearson pursued a career in the Department of External Affairs.
Lester Bowles Pearson (Toronto, 23 de abril de 1897 – Ottawa, 27 de diciembre de 1972) fue un político, diplomático, estadista y académico canadiense que ejerció como primer ministro de Canadá de 1963 a 1968.
Conoce la vida y obra de Pearson, político y diplomático canadiense que fue primer ministro y premio Nobel de la Paz. Descubre sus logros en la pacificación internacional, la cooperación multilateral y el desarrollo social de Canadá.
For four decades Lester Bowles Pearson (April 23, 1897-1972) has been noted for his diplomatic sensitivity, his political acumen, and his personal popularity. He is affectionately called «Mike», a nickname given to him by his flying instructor in World War I, who discarded «Lester» as being insufficiently bellicose.
Lester Bowles (“Mike”) Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE, prime minister 1963–68, statesman, politician, public servant, professor (born 23 April 1897 in Newtonbrook, ON; died 27 December 1972 in Ottawa, ON). Lester Pearson was Canada’s foremost diplomat of the 1950s and 1960s.
Lester Bowles Pearson. The Nobel Peace Prize 1957. Born: 23 April 1897, Toronto, Canada. Died: 27 December 1972, Ottawa, Canada. Residence at the time of the award: Canada. Role: former Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada; former President of the 7th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1957 was awarded to Lester Bowles Pearson "for his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis"
