| Ambassador of Canada to Chile | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent Michael Gort since September 24, 2020 | |
| Seat | Santiago, Chile |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Canada |
| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon |
| Formation | September 5, 1941 |
The ambassador of Canada to Chile is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Chile. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Republic of Chile. The ambassador of Canada to Chile is Michael Gort who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on September 24, 2020.
The Embassy of Canada is located at Nueva Tajamar 481, Torre Norte, 12th Floor, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
History of diplomatic relations
Main article: Canada–Chile relationsDiplomatic relations between Canada and Chile were established on November 14, 1940, with the first ambassador, William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon, appointed on the advice of Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King on July 31, 1941. The Canadian legation was given embassy status in 1945.
List of head of mission to Chile
| 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 | September 5, 1941 | January 2, 1942 | February 27, 1943 | Non-Career | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) |
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| 2 | Warwick Fielding Chipman | November 4, 1942 | February 27, 1943 | Non-Career | ||||
| 3 | Warwick Fielding Chipman | May 15, 1944 | July 8, 1944 | August 20, 1945 | Non-Career | |||
| – | Jules Léger (Chargé d'Affaires) |
August 21, 1945 | April 3, 1947 | Career | ||||
| 4 | Colin Fraser Elliott | November 7, 1946 | April 3, 1947 | April 1950 | Non-Career | |||
| – | Guy Vigneux Beaudry (Chargé d'Affaires) |
April 1950 | May 17, 1951 | Career | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) |
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| 5 | Léon Mayrand | February 18, 1951 | May 17, 1951 | April 1954 | Career | |||
| – | Matthew Robert Macgowan Dale (Chargé d'Affaires) |
April 1954 | Career | |||||
| 6 | Paul Émile Renaud | November 15, 1954 | January 4, 1955 | January 20, 1959 | Career | |||
| – | Kenneth Bryce Williamson (Chargé d'Affaires) |
January 31, 1959 | March 4, 1960 | Career | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) |
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| 7 | Paul Tremblay | December 10, 1959 | March 4, 1960 | July 11, 1962 | Career | |||
| – | Jean-Yves Grenon (Chargé d'Affaires) |
July 11, 1962 | January 5, 1963 | Career | ||||
| 8 | George Bernard Summers | October 23, 1962 | January 5, 1963 | June 23, 1970 | Career | |||
| 9 | Andrew Donald Ross | February 25, 1971 | April 28, 1971 | June 24, 1975 | Career | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) |
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| 10 | André Réal Potvin | July 17, 1975 | October 15, 1975 | November 5, 1978 | Career | |||
| 11 | Glen Garvie James David Buick | August 9, 1978 | November 23, 1978 | July 14, 1982 | Career | |||
| 12 | Clayton George Bullis | September 22, 1982 | October 7, 1982 | October 1985 | Career | |||
| 13 | Michel de Goumois | September 12, 1985 | November 14, 1985 | September 27, 1990 | Career | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) |
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| 14 | Michael T. Mace | September 12, 1990 | November 9, 1990 | Career | ||||
| 15 | Marc Lortie | January 5, 1993 | August 4, 1993 | August 8, 1997 | Career | |||
| 16 | Lawrence Lederman | July 10, 1997 | November 11, 1997 | Career | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) |
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| 17 | Paul D. Durand | June 26, 2000 | Career | |||||
| 18 | Patrick Parisot | July 16, 2001 | September 5, 2001 | July 2003 | Career | |||
| 19 | Bernard Giroux | July 31, 2003 | Career | |||||
| 20 | Norbert Kalisch | June 14, 2006 | Career | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) |
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| 21 | Sarah Fountain Smith | May 14, 2009 | Career | |||||
| 22 | Patricia Fuller | August 20, 2012 | October 8, 2012 | July 2015 | Career | |||
| 23 | Marcel Lebleu | August 14, 2015 | October 20, 2015 | August 2017 | Career | |||
| 24 | Patricia Pena | August 17, 2017 | October 25, 2017 | September 2020 | Career | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) |
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| 25 | Michael Gort | September 24, 2020 | December 9, 2020 | Career | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Orders In Council PC 2020-0676". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. September 24, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
- ^ 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 – Chile". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada. June 5, 2014.