Marc Garneau

Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau  (February 23, 1949 – June 4, 2025) was a Canadian politician and astronaut. In 2021, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Garneau was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount from 2008 until his retirement in 2023.

On October 5, 1984, he became the first Canadian in outer space as part of STS-41-G and won two Space Shuttle missions—STS-77 and STS-97.

Garneau died on June 4, 2025 from problems caused by cancer in Montreal, Quebec at the age of 76.

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