 On January 10, 2017, Freeland was appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, succeeding Stéphane Dion.She served through the end of the First Trudeau Ministry and was replaced by Francois-Philippe Champagne following the 2019 Canadian federal election.Freeland is the author of "Sale of the Century", a 2000 book about Russia's journey from communism to capitalism and "Plutocrats