The image of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receiving a vaccine against the coronavirus, like those of other world leaders, was meant to convey a reassuring public health message. It also put prim and buttoned-up politicians in the rare, if sometimes awkward, position of showing more skin.
When Mr. Trudeau rolled up his sleeve, it exposed his tattoo: an image of a globe inside a Haida raven, an Indigenous symbol.
Mr. Trudeau was Canada’s second-youngest leader when he took power in 2015. The heir to the political legacy left by his father, who served as prime minister for about 15 years, Mr. Trudeau burst onto the world stage and captured Canada’s imagination, with a head of flowing hair and signature cool socks.
He was a magnet for the cameras and, at times, appeared in the society pages nearly as often as in the news sections. Being so heavily photographed also, of course, had its down sides. His tattoo, initially praised by Indigenous people in British Columbia, later became a source of scorn after the government approved a natural oil and gas project near their traditional fishing grounds.
On Monday, after almost a decade in office, Mr. Trudeau, who became deeply unpopular among many voters unhappy over pocketbook issues, stepped down as leader of the Liberal Party and his role as prime minister will soon end. Here are some of the images that defined his career.
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau greeting his sons, from left; Justin, Sacha and Michel, after returning home from a foreign trip. Michel, Mr. Trudeau’s youngest brother, died in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in British Columbia in 1998. Grief shattered his father’s life, Mr. Trudeau wrote in his 2014 memoir: “From the time we buried Michel until his own passing two years later, my father was never the same man.”
Vjosa Isai contributed reporting from Toronto.
