| Ambassador of Canada to Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent Lee-Anne Hermann since December 20, 2021 | |
| Seat | Embassy of Canada, Burkina Faso |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Canada |
| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Bruce MacGillivray Williams |
| Formation | April 12, 1962 |
The ambassador of Canada to Burkina Faso is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Burkina Faso. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Burkina Faso. The current Canadian ambassador is Lee-Anne Hermann who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 20, 2021.
The Embassy of Canada is located at 318 Professeur Joseph KIZERBO avenue, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
History of diplomatic relations
Main article: Burkina Faso–Canada relationsDiplomatic relations between Canada and Burkina Faso was established on April 27, 1962. Bruce MacGillivray Williams was appointed as Canada's first Ambassador to Burkina Faso on April 12, 1962.
List of Canadian ambassadors to Burkina Faso
| No. | Name | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. | |||
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| Start Date | PoC. | End Date | ||||||
| 1 | Bruce MacGillivray Williams | April 12, 1962 | July 1, 1962 | Career | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) |
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| 2 | Donald Macalister Cornett | November 29, 1962 | July 19, 1963 | January 7, 1965 | Career | |||
| 3 | Charles Eustace McGaughey | March 30, 1965 | August 21, 1965 | Career | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) |
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| 4 | Albert Frederick Hart | August 3, 1966 | November 23, 1966 | September 13, 1968 | Career | |||
| 5 | Douglas Barcham Hicks | October 24, 1968 | April 15, 1969 | January 6, 1971 | Career | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1980-1984) |
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| 6 | Wilfrid Joseph Georges Charpentier | December 17, 1969 | April 16, 1970 | Career | ||||
| 7 | Gilles Mathieu | April 22, 1972 | August 1972 | Career | ||||
| 8 | Michel de Goumois | August 6, 1975 | Career | |||||
| 9 | Joseph Ernest Gilles Lalande | March 23, 1978 | April 27, 1978 | June 13, 1980 | Non-Career | |||
| 10 | Ernest Hébert | July 10, 1980 | Career | |||||
| 11 | John Peter Bell | December 22, 1983 | Career | |||||
| 12 | Jean-Guy Joseph Bernard Saint-Martin | January 14, 1988 | January 26, 1988 | Career | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) |
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| 13 | J. Denis Bélisle | February 13, 1992 | November 4, 1991 | June 12, 1994 | Career | |||
| 14 | Suzanne Laporte | July 15, 1994 | November 15, 1994 | Career | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) |
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| 15 | Louise Ouimet | August 18, 1995 | September 21, 1995 | Career | ||||
| 16 | Jules Savaria | September 22, 1997 | Career | |||||
| 17 | Denis Briand | July 16, 2001 | Career | |||||
| 18 | Louis-Robert Daigle | August 19, 2005 | Career | Paul Martin (2003-2006) |
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| 19 | Jules Savaria | July 4, 2008 | Career | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) |
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| 20 | Ivan Roberts | August 8, 2011 | October 21, 2011 | August 2015 | Career | |||
| 21 | Vincent Le Pape | June 2, 2015 | October 20, 2015 | August 9, 2017 | Career | |||
| 22 | Edmond Dejon Wega | October 25, 2017 | December 6, 2017 | Career | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) |
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| 23 | Carol McQueen | August 26, 2019 | September 9, 2019 | Career | ||||
| 24 | Lee-Anne Hermann | December 20, 2021 | January 11, 2022 | Career | ||||
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. 23.
- Ivan Roberts, "L'ambassadeur du Canada au Burkina en fin de mission est venu faire ses adieux au Président du Faso". aOuaga. August 15, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- Vincent Le Pape
- "Message from the Ambassador, Biography". Embassy of Canada to Burkina Faso. Government of Canada. October 26, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- 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 – Burkina Faso". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada.