François Philippe Champagne

François-Philippe Champagne PC MP (born June 25, 1970) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Saint-Maurice—Champlain in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. He is the current Minister of International Trade in the 29th Canadian Ministry, sworn in on January 10, 2017.

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Champagne was raised in Shawinigan, Quebec, and studied law at the Université de Montréal and Case Western Reserve University School of Law. After several years working as a senior attorney for Elsag Bailey Process Automation, he joined ABB Group in 1999, eventually rising to group vice president and senior counsel. In 2008 he joined Amec PLC as a strategic development director, and was designated a "young global leader" by the World Economic Forum. In an interview with The Globe & Mail in 2009, Champagne expressed his desire to eventually return to Canada and enter politics, citing fellow Shawinigan resident Jean Chretien as an inspiration.

Subsequently returning to Canada, he became involved in a variety of business and non-profit ventures. He became the Liberal candidate for Saint-Maurice—Champlain, and was elected to Parliament on October 19, 2015.

Champagne has stated he's trilingual, speaking, English, French and Italian.