| Ambassador of Canada to Algeria | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent Vacant | |
| Seat | Embassy of Canada, Algiers |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Canada |
| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Ross Campbell |
| Formation | October 18, 1965 |
The ambassador of Canada to Algeria is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Algeria. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. The current Canadian ambassador is Michael Callan who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 20, 2021.
The Embassy of Canada is located at 18 Mustapha Khalef Street, Ben Aknoun, Algiers, Algeria.
History of diplomatic relations
Main article: Algeria–Canada relationsDiplomatic relations between Canada and Algeria was established on July 3, 1962. Ross Campbell was appointed as Canada's first Ambassador to Yugoslavia, concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Algeria and resident in Yugoslavia on October 18, 1965. Canada's embassy was established in Yugoslavia in November 1965, and established an embassy in Algeria on November 26, 1971.
List of Canadian ambassadors to Algeria
| No. | Name | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. | |||
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| Start Date | PoC. | End Date | ||||||
| 1 | Ross Campbell | October 18, 1965 | November 12, 1965 | February 10, 1967 | Career | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) |
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| 2 | René Garneau | December 8, 1966 | February 10, 1967 | May 10, 1968 | Career | |||
| 3 | James Alan Roberts | October 31, 1968 | February 21, 1969 | November 26, 1971 | Non-Career | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) |
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| 4 | Christian Hardy | July 8, 1971 | November 26, 1971 | August 13, 1973 | Career | |||
| 5 | Robert L. Elliott | July 12, 1973 | August 24, 1973 | July 12, 1976 | Career | |||
| 6 | Pierre Edgar Joseph Charpentier | September 8, 1976 | October 27, 1976 | July 5, 1978 | Career | |||
| 7 | Joseph Raymond Roy | June 15, 1978 | January 17, 1979 | July 31, 1980 | Career | |||
| 8 | Louis André Delvoie | July 10, 1980 | October 22, 1980 | Career | ||||
| 9 | Paul-Eugène Laberge | September 22, 1982 | August 22, 1982 | August 1985 | Career | |||
| 10 | François P. Pouliot | June 27, 1985 | October 27, 1985 | September 30, 1987 | Career | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) |
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| 11 | Gilles Mathieu | November 26, 1987 | February 3, 1988 | June 7, 1990 | Career | |||
| 12 | Marc C. Lemieux | September 12, 1990 | October 30, 1990 | August 12, 1993 | Career | |||
| 13 | Michel Perrault | December 15, 1993 | November 29, 1993 | April 28, 1995 | Career | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) |
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| 14 | Jacques Noiseux | May 3, 1995 | July 30, 1995 | August 25, 1997 | Career | |||
| 15 | Franco Pillarella | July 10, 1997 | Career | |||||
| 16 | Richard Belliveau | July 26, 2000 | November 28, 2000 | Career | ||||
| 17 | Robert W. Peck | August 9, 2004 | Career | Paul Martin (2003-2006) |
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| 18 | Patrick Parisot | December 21, 2007 | January 26, 2008 | September 2010 | Career | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) |
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| 19 | Geneviève des Rivières | July 19, 2011 | September 13, 2011 | Career | ||||
| 20 | Isabelle Roy | January 8, 2015 | March 29, 2015 | August 2017 | Career | |||
| 21 | Patricia McCullagh | August 17, 2017 | May 30, 2019 | August 2019 | Career | Justin Trudeau (2015–Present) |
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| 22 | Christopher Wilkie | October 21, 2019 | December 2, 2019 | December 2, 2019 | Career | |||
| 23 | Michael Callan | December 20, 2021 | February 10, 2022 | February 10, 2022 | Career | |||
Notes
- Mr. Garneau's appointment marked the change in residency of the Canadian Ambassador from Yugoslavia to Switzerland. Henceforth, the Ambassador to Switzerland was concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Algeria, resident in Switzerland.
- An Embassy was established in Algeria in November 1971. Mr. Hardy became the first resident Ambassador to Algeria
References
- ^ "Orders In Council PC 2021-1053". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. December 20, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ DeLong 2020, p. 13.
- Heads of Missions, Global Affairs Canada
- 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 – Algeria". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada.