| Ambassador of Canada to Belgium | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent Alain Gendron since October 29, 2020 | |
| Seat | Embassy of Canada, Brussels |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Canada |
| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Jean Désy |
| Formation | December 22, 1938 |
The Ambassador of Canada to Belgium is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Belgium. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Kingdom of Belgium. The current ambassador of Canada is Alain Gendron who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on October 29, 2020.
The Embassy of Canada is located at Avenue des Arts 58, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
History of diplomatic relations
Main article: Belgium–Canada relationsDiplomatic relations between Canada and Belgium were established on January 3, 1939. Jean Désy was appointed as Canada's first ambassador to Belgium on December 22, 1938.
Head of mission
| No. | Name | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. | |||
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| Start Date | PoC. | End Date | ||||||
| 1 | Jean Désy (Envoy) |
December 22, 1938 | February 4, 1939 | October 31, 1940 | Career | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) |
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| – | Pierre Dupuy (Chargé d'Affaires) |
October 31, 1940 | October 26, 1942 | Career | ||||
| 2 | George Philias Vanier (Envoy) |
November 5, 1942 | April 9, 1943 | September 2, 1944 | Career | |||
| – | Pierre Dupuy (Chargé d'Affaires) |
December 30, 1943 | September 8, 1944 | Career | ||||
| – | Thomas Archibald Stone (Chargé d'Affaires) |
September 8, 1944 | January 16, 1945 | Career | ||||
| 3 | William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon | October 3, 1944 | January 16, 1945 | January 21, 1947 | Non-Career | |||
| 4 | Victor Doré | October 31, 1946 | January 21, 1947 | June 12, 1950 | Non-Career | |||
| 5 | Maurice Arthur Pope | July 12, 1950 | August 3, 1950 | November 26, 1953 | Career | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) |
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| 6 | Charles Pierre Hébert | October 21, 1953 | January 14, 1954 | December 14, 1958 | Career | |||
| 7 | Sydney David Pierce | October 2, 1958 | 1959 | October 31, 1965 | Career | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) |
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| 8 | Paul Tremblay | April 14, 1966 | June 21, 1966 | February 16, 1970 | Career | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) |
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| 9 | James Coningsby Langley | December 10, 1970 | December 17, 1970 | March 1, 1973 | Career | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) |
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| 10 | Jules Léger | March 1, 1973 | March 1, 1973 | January 8, 1974 | Career | |||
| – | Jean-Yves Grenon (Chargé d'Affaires) |
December 1, 1973 | July 12, 1974 | Career | ||||
| 11 | Lucien Lamoureux | June 10, 1974 | July 12, 1974 | September 14, 1980 | Non-Career | |||
| 12 | D'Iberville Fortier | July 10, 1980 | October 7, 1980 | August 3, 1984 | Career | |||
| 13 | Maxwell Freeman Yalden | August 31, 1984 | October 30, 1984 | November 6, 1987 | Career | John Turner (1984) |
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| 14 | Jacques J.A. Asselin | December 3, 1987 | January 14, 1988 | July 20, 1991 | Career | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) |
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| 15 | Raymond A.J. Chrétien | September 23, 1991 | December 16, 1991 | January 21, 1994 | Career | |||
| 16 | Jean-Paul Hubert | July 12, 1994 | July 14, 1994 | July 24, 1998 | Career | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) |
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| 17 | Claude Laverdure | August 4, 1998 | October 6, 1998 | August 2, 2000 | Career | |||
| 18 | Jacques Bilodeau | July 26, 2000 | September 27, 2000 | July 14, 2004 | Career | |||
| 19 | John A. McNee | August 9, 2004 | October 12, 2004 | May 26, 2006 | Career | Paul Martin (2003-2006) |
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| 20 | Laurette Glasgow | September 20, 2006 | October 25, 2006 | August 29, 2008 | Career | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) |
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| 21 | Louis de Lorimier | September 2, 2008 | December 10, 2008 | September 12, 2012 | Career | |||
| 22 | Denis Robert | August 15, 2012 | October 17, 2012 | August 30, 2016 | Career | |||
| 23 | Olivier Nicoloff | July 18, 2016 | November 16, 2016 | October 26, 2020 | Career | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) |
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| 24 | Alain Gendron | October 29, 2020 | January 13, 2021 | Career | ||||
References
- ^ "Orders In Council PC 2020-0836". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. October 29, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ DeLong 2020, p. 19.
- 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 – Belgium". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada. June 5, 2014.