Announcement of New Diplomatic Appointments
February 21, 2024 – July 19, 2024
News Releases from Global Affairs Canada
Announcements made by The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Patricia Atkinson becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Panama. Ms. Atkinson replaces Kim Ursu.
Karolina Guay becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile. Ms. Guay replaces Michael Gort.
Jeffrey Marder becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Spain. Mr. Marder replaces Wendy Drukier.
Keith Smith becomes High Commissioner in New Zealand. Mr. Smith replaces Joanne Lemay.
Christopher Duggan becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Kazakhstan. Mr. Duggan replaces Alan Hamson.
Michelle Cameron becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Republic of Serbia. Ms. Cameron replaces Giles Norman.
Jennie Chen becomes Consul General in Shanghai (People’s Republic of China). Ms. Chen replaces David Murphy.
Tina Guthrie becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Burkina Faso. Ms. Guthrie replaces Lee-Anne Hermann.
Marcel Lebleu becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Senegal. Mr. Lebleu replaces Marie-Geneviève Mounier.
Charles Edwin Reeves becomes Consul General in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (People’s Republic of China). Mr. Reeves replaces Rachael Bedlington.
Sébastien Sigouin becomes High Commissioner in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community. Mr. Sigouin replaces Mark Berman.
Elizabeth Williams becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Colombia. Ms. Williams replaces Marianick Tremblay.
Joanne Minns becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of South Sudan. Ms. Minns replaces Aly Khan Rajani.
Jenny Hill becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Iceland. Ms. Hill replaces Jeannette Menzies.
Heidi Hulan becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in Brussels. Ms. Hulan replaces David Angell.
Graham Dattels becomes Representative to the Palestinian Authority. Mr. Dattels replaces David Da Silva.
Michael Gort becomes Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Mr. Gort replaces Richard Arbeiter.
Annabelle Larouche St-Sauveur becomes Consul General in Monterrey (United Mexican States). Ms. Larouche St-Sauveur replaces Sandra Shaddick.
Peter MacDougall becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Office of the United Nations and to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, in Geneva. Mr. MacDougall replaces Leslie E. Norton.
Joyce Napier becomes Ambassador to the Holy See. Ms. Napier replaces Paul Gibbard.
François Lafrenière becomes Ambassador to Hungary. Mr. Lafrenière replaces Caroline Charette.
