| High Commissioner for Canada in Cameroon | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent Lorraine Anderson since August 31, 2022 | |
| Seat | High Commission of Canada, Yaoundé |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Canada |
| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Fulgence Charpentier |
| Formation | March 1, 1962 |
The ambassador of Canada to Cameroon is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Cameroon. The official title for the ambassador is High Commissioner for Canada in the Republic of Cameroon. The current Canadian ambassador is Lorraine Anderson who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on August 31, 2022.
The High Commission of Canada is located at 607 Street 1792, "Les Colonnades" Building, New Bastos, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between Canada and Cameroon are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.
History of diplomatic relations
Main article: Cameroon–Canada relationsDiplomatic relations between Canada and Cameroon was established on December 7, 1961. Fulgence Charpentier was appointed as Canada's first ambassador in Cameroon on March 1, 1962. Canada recognized Cameroon's entry into the Commonwealth on October 16, 1995, afterwards changing the title of ambassador to high commissioner.
List of heads of mission
| No. | Name | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. | |||
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| Start date | PoC. | End date | ||||||
| Styled as "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada" | ||||||||
| 1 | Fulgence Charpentier | March 1, 1962 | June 27, 1962 | July 5, 1965 | Career | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) |
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| 2 | Georges-Henri Blouin | May 4, 1965 | May 4, 1965 | July 2, 1967 | Career | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) |
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| 3 | J.E. Thibault | September 28, 1967 | September 23, 1967 | September 23, 1969 | Career | |||
| 4 | Charles Odilon Roger Rousseau | April 14, 1970 | January 14, 1970 | June 5, 1972 | Career | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) |
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| 5 | Pierre Léon Gérard Asselin | June 6, 1972 | August 24, 1972 | November 24, 1974 | Career | |||
| 6 | Claude Charles-Edouard Châtillon | October 21, 1975 | October 23, 1975 | June 12, 1978 | Career | |||
| 7 | Gilles Horace J. Duguay | July 13, 1978 | August 29, 1978 | September 3, 1980 | Career | |||
| 8 | Jacques D.E. Denault | July 10, 1980 | November 5, 1980 | July 31, 1982 | Career | |||
| 9 | Claude Jean Saint-Pierre | September 22, 1982 | October 12, 1982 | Career | ||||
| 10 | Marc Faguy | August 31, 1984 | November 19, 1984 | September 5, 1987 | Career | John Turner (1984) |
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| 11 | André S. Simard | September 10, 1987 | November 2, 1987 | July 16, 1989 | Career | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) |
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| 12 | Anne Leahy | October 12, 1989 | November 16, 1989 | March 10, 1992 | Career | |||
| 13 | Arsène A. Després | August 27, 1992 | January 5, 1993 | Career | ||||
| Canada recognized Cameroon's entry into the Commonwealth, title of Ambassador became "High Commissioner" | ||||||||
| 14 | Pierre Giguère | July 4, 1995 | September 22, 1995 | 1998 | Career | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) |
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| 15 | Claude Baillargeon | July 15, 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | Career | |||
| 16 | Michel Perrault | July 26, 2000 | December 29, 2000 | July 31, 2003 | Career | |||
| 17 | Jules Savaria | September 15, 2003 | December 27, 2003 | Career | ||||
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Lavoie | September 20, 2006 | October 27, 2006 | September 14, 2009 | Career | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) |
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| 19 | Jean-Carol Pelletier | September 10, 2009 | January 4, 2010 | September 20, 2011 | Career | |||
| 20 | Benoît-Pierre Laramée | August 8, 2011 | December 27, 2011 | November 13, 2014 | Career | |||
| 21 | René Cremonese | September 12, 2014 | January 6, 2015 | August 23, 2017 | Career | |||
| 22 | Nathalie O'Neil | August 17, 2017 | December 20, 2017 | July 25, 2019 | Career | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) |
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| 23 | Richard Bale | September 6, 2019 | Career | |||||
| 24 | Lorraine Anderson | August 31, 2022 | Career | |||||
References
- ^ "Orders In Council PC 2022-0938". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. August 31, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ DeLong 2020, p. 24.
- Bibliography
- DeLong, Linwood (2020). A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 (PDF). Calgary: Canadian Global Affairs Institute. ISBN 978-1-77397-115-5.
External links
- "Heads of Post List – Cameroon". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada. June 5, 2014.