| Ambassador of Canada to Argentina | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent Reid Sirrs since December 20, 2021 | |
| Seat | Embassy of Canada to Argentina, Buenos Aires |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Canada |
| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon |
| Formation | July 31, 1941 |
The ambassador of Canada to Argentina is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Argentina. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Argentine Republic. The current Canadian ambassador is Reid Sirrs who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 20, 2021.
The Embassy of Canada is located at Tagle 2828, C1425EEH Buenos Aires, Argentina.
History of diplomatic relations
Main article: Argentina–Canada relationsDiplomatic relations between Canada and Argentina was established on November 14, 1940. A legation was established on November 13, 1941, and was raised to full embassy status on October 1, 1945. William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon was appointed as Canada's first Ambassador to Argentina on July 31, 1941.
List of ambassadors
| No. | Name | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. | |||
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| Start Date | PoC. | End Date | ||||||
| 1 | William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon | July 31, 1941 | November 13, 1941 | February 1, 1944 | Non-Career | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) |
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| – | Kenneth Porter Kirkwood | February 1, 1944 | October 1, 1945 | Career | ||||
| 2 | Warwick Fielding Chipman | August 7, 1945 | October 1, 1945 | March 30, 1949 | Non-Career | |||
| 3 | John Doherty Kearney | March 31, 1949 | September 22, 1949 | October 28, 1951 | Non-Career | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) |
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| – | Lionel Victor Joseph Roy | October 28, 1951 | August 19, 1952 | Career | ||||
| 4 | Léo Richer Laflèche | April 4, 1952 | August 19, 1952 | June 1, 1955 | Non-Career | |||
| 5 | Louis-Philippe Picard | August 5, 1955 | November 24, 1955 | June 10, 1957 | Non-Career | |||
| 6 | Richard Plant Bower | November 5, 1958 | February 11, 1959 | December 4, 1962 | Career | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) |
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| 7 | Léon Mayrand | November 29, 1962 | January 31, 1963 | February 23, 1964 | Career | |||
| – | Edward Ritchie Bellemare | February 23, 1964 | August 31, 1964 | Career | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) |
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| 8 | Jean Bruchési | June 4, 1964 | 1967 | Non-Career | ||||
| 9 | Robert Choquette | February 29, 1968 | June 12, 1968 | August 3, 1970 | Non-Career | |||
| 10 | Alfred Pike Bissonnet | July 9, 1970 | October 21, 1970 | March 1, 1978 | Career | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) |
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| 11 | Dwight Wilder Fulford | August 31, 1977 | March 28, 1978 | September 2, 1982 | Career | |||
| 12 | Lorne Sheldon Clark | September 22, 1982 | September 20, 1982 | Career | ||||
| 13 | Louise Fréchette | March 29, 1985 | June 17, 1985 | August 10, 1988 | Career | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) |
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| 14 | Clayton George Bullis | August 11, 1988 | September 22, 1988 | September 11, 1991 | Career | |||
| 15 | Robert J. Rochon | September 19, 1991 | October 28, 1991 | September 1, 1994 | Career | |||
| 16 | Robert G. Clark | July 12, 1994 | October 26, 1994 | August 29, 1998 | Career | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) |
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| 17 | Jean-Paul Hubert | July 15, 1998 | July 4, 2001 | Career | ||||
| 18 | Thomas MacDonald | July 16, 2001 | 2004 | Career | ||||
| 19 | Yves Gagnon | August 9, 2004 | Career | Paul Martin (2003-2006) |
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| 20 | Timothy Martin | July 31, 2007 | September 25, 2007 | June 4, 2010 | Career | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) |
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| 21 | Gwyneth Kutz | August 10, 2010 | November 1, 2010 | Career | ||||
| 22 | Robert Fry | February 2, 2015 | April 23, 2015 | August 2018 | Career | |||
| 23 | David Usher | September 24, 2018 | November 6, 2018 | October 28, 2021 | Career | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) |
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| 24 | Reid Sirrs | December 20, 2021 | January 25, 2022 | Career | ||||
See also
Notes
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. 15.
- 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 – Argentina". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada.