ieExplains: Who is Canada's new PM Mark Carney and why is he giving up his Irish citizenship? 

Former central banker and Irish citizen Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after winning a Liberal Party leadership vote in a landslide.

Mr Carney is 59. He was born in Canada — in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, on March 16, 1965. He was raised in Edmonton, Alberta.

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