About Pierre Trudeau Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the Prime Minister of Canada from April 1968 to June 1979 and again from March 1980 to June 1984. In 1970, he established diplomatic relations with China, a move other Western nations would soon follow. He died in 2000. Books by Pierre Trudeau Two Innocents in Red China by (author) Pierre Trudeau & Jacques Hebert introduction and notes by Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau Memoirs by (author) Pierre Trudeau