Announcement of New Diplomatic Appointments
May 24, 2023 – September 11, 2023
News Releases from Global Affairs Canada
Announcements made by The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Carmen Sorger becomes Ambassador to the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. Ms. Sorger replaces Isabelle Valois.
Ping Kitnikone becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand. Ms. Kitnikone replaces Sarah Taylor.
Emily McLaughlin becomes Ambassador to the Czech Republic. Ms. McLaughlin replaces Ayesha Rekhi.
Natalka Cmoc becomes Ambassador to Ukraine. Ms. Cmoc replaces Larisa Galadza
Kevin Hamilton becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye. Mr. Hamilton replaces Jamal Khokhar.
Jessica Blitt becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia. Ms. Blitt replaces Alan Bowman.
Gavin Buchan becomes Ambassador to Romania. Mr. Buchan replaces Annick Goulet.
Kathy Bunka becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq. Ms. Bunka replaces Gregory Galligan.
Caroline Charette becomes Consul General in São Paulo (Federative Republic of Brazil). Ms. Charette replaces Heather Cameron.
Sandra Choufani becomes Ambassador to Mongolia. Ms. Choufani replaces Catherine Ivkoff.
Cheryl Cruz becomes Ambassador to the Slovak Republic. Ms. Cruz replaces Troy Lulashnyk.
Hugh Adsett becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Mr. Adsett replaces Lisa Helfand.
Adler Aristilde becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe. Mr. Aristilde replaces Christina Buchan.
Behzad Babakhani becomes Consul General in Guangzhou (People’s Republic of China). Mr. Babakhani replaces Philippe Rheault.
Laird Hindle becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia.
Jacqueline DeLima Baril becomes Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Ms. DeLima Baril replaces Christine Laberge.
Annie Dubé becomes Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City (Socialist Republic of Vietnam). Ms. Dubé replaces Behzad Babakhani.
François Jubinville becomes Consul General in Rio de Janeiro (Federative Republic of Brazil). Mr. Jubinville replaces David Verbiwski.
Tracy Reynolds becomes Consul General in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Mr. Reynolds replaces Jean-Philippe Linteau.
Joshua Tabah becomes Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Mr. Tabah replaces Stéphane Jobin.
Jeanette Sautner becomes Ambassador to Lithuania. Ms Sautner is Canada’s first resident ambassador in Vilnius.
Amy Baker becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway. Ms. Baker replaces Deirdre Kent.
Rosaline Kwan becomes Consul General in Atlanta (United States of America). Ms. Kwan replaces Nadia Theodore, who was appointed in 2022 as Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization, in Geneva.
Aly-Khan Rajani becomes Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan. Mr. Rajani replaces Jenny Hill.
Beth Richardson becomes Consul General in Minneapolis (United States of America). Ms. Richardson replaces Ariel Delouya.
Stuart Savage becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, in Washington, D.C. Mr. Savage replaces Hugh Adsett.
Annick Goulet becomes Permanent Representative of Canada to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), effective as of July 3, 2023.
Ben Marc Diendéré becomes Permanent Observer to the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mr. Diendéré replaces Stéphane Jobin in this role.
Jean-Philippe Linteau becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
