Canadian politician Melanie Joly has been married to her husband Felix Marzell since 2010 and the duo have a daughter named Romy. Details explored.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Melanie Joly who graduated from Université de Montréal and Brasenose College, Oxford, has become a a prominent figure in Canada’s government.
She is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada after already serving as the Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario.
When Joly is not at work, she is home to her husband and their child. Here’s what we know about the politician’s personal life.
Who is Melanie Joly?
She is currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Canada and has been in her role since 2021.
Born in Montreal, Quebec she has been a part of parliament since October 19, 2015, where she was the MP for Ahuntsic-Cartierville.
Since then she’s been the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of Tourism, Official Languages, and La Francophonie,
In 2019 she was made the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario and stayed there for almost two years.
Alongside that role, she was also the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages.
This hard work all paid off as Trudeau made her the minister of Foreign Affairs, making her one of Canada’s most powerful women.
She is also a philanthropist and won the Arnold Edinborough Award in 2010 for her significant contributions to the Canadian cultural scene.
Joly actively involves herself as a spokesperson for Logis Rose-Virginie and an ambassador for La rue des Femmes due to her celebrity status and being a huge fan of creating social change.
Who is Melanie Joly married to?
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Melanie Joly has been married once in her entire life.
At age 31, Melanie Joly tied the knot with her husband, Feliz Marzell. Their nuptial took place in 2010.
The couple met in Montreal in 2007. This means they’ve been together roughly for over 15 years but have been married for 13 years.
Joly and Marzell keep their personal life to themselves and have rarely been spotted together outside of public events.
Back in 2020, the couple faced horror rumors of Joly having an alleged affair with Prime Minister Trudeau.
Joly strongly denied the thought of her cheating and has apparently reassured Felix that he has nothing to worry about.
Who is Felix Marzell, Melanie Joly’s husband?
Felix Marzell is famous for being the spouse of Canadian politician, Melanie Joly.
The politician’s spouse does a different job unlike her being in politics. Marzell is an entrepreneur and a violin maker.
He is the co-founder of Dix au carre – a Canadian research and development lab that specializes in creative design projects for the entertainment industry.
Apart from this information, there are no further details about him as he lives a private life. He also has no social media accounts.
Marzell has only been pictured with his wife once by the press after a swearing-in ceremony the pair went to.
And his name has only been uttered once in public when she spoke about her tragic miscarriage in 2021 with her husband’s baby.
Does Melanie Joly have any children?
While Melanie Joly has impressively had a successful career in politics and Canada’s legal justice system, her biggest challenge, however, has yet to come: being called a mother.
At the moment, Joly is not a mother, hence, she has no children.
In fact, she has had difficulties in giving birth; having faced a number of miscarriages for years. In 2021, she tragically spoke about losing her unborn baby.
However, per TheSun, her husband, Marzell, appears to be a father of one and has a daughter named Romy, who is just eight and was born in 2015.
Legally, Romy is Joly’s daughter but not her biological child.
Liberal Melanie Joly, who has not been shy to share her journey publicly, said in an interview with The Canadian Press she was starting her fifth attempt at the invitro fertilization process back in 2021, per ctvnews.ca.
“Normally, it is the most euphoric part of the process,” Joly said in French. “Because everything is possible. And you think it’s going to work. So, every time it doesn’t work, which has been the case in the previous four attempts, it’s a period of mourning It is so exhausting.”
Joly has spoken publicly over the past months about her desire to start a family. Only recently, however, did she open up about the highs and lows associated with fertility treatments, following the advice of her friend Julie Snyder, one of Quebec’s biggest TV hosts and producers, who also went through a similar experience.
And Joly doesn’t shy away from it, saying the fall will be hard if the fifth attempt doesn’t work.
“It’s like being at the top of a roller-coaster, at the top of the `Monstre’ in La Ronde, and all of a sudden, your wagon doesn’t have any brakes and you fall,” Joly said. “So, it becomes very difficult because the symptoms are demanding, emotions are on the edge.”