What is Don Mazankowski?
'''Donald Frank Mazankowski''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|CC|AOE}} (July 27, 1935 – October 27, 2020) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician and lawyer. He was a cabinet minister under [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Ministers]] [[Joe Clark]] and [[Brian Mulroney]]. He was also deputy prime minister under [[Mulroney]] from 1986 to 1993. He was a member of [[Canadian Parliament|parliament]] between 1968 to 1993. He was a member of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]]. Mazankowski was born in [[Viking, Alberta|Viking]], [[Alberta]]. He died on October 27, 2020 in [[Calgary]], Alberta at the age of 85.<ref>[https://globalnews.ca/news/7427758/alberta-vegreville-m-p-don-mazankowski-dies/ Former Alberta MP Don Mazankowski dies]</ref> == Background == Mazankowski was born on July 27, 1925 in Viking, [[Alberta]]. His parents, Frank and Dora (Lonoski), came to Canada from the United States in 1921.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1986/7/14/the-new-right-hand-man | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029092805/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1986/7/14/the-new-right-hand-man | archive-date=2020-10-29 | title=The new right-hand man &#124; Maclean's &#124; JULY 14, 1986 }}</ref> == Political Career == Mazankowski became the [[Finance Ministry of Germany|Finance Minister]] during a cabinet reshuffle in April 1991, replacing [[Michael Wilson (politician)|Michael Wilson]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazankowski, Don}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Calgary]] {{bio-stub}}