Ambassador of Canada to Mexico | |
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Incumbent Graeme C. Clark since August 26, 2019 | |
Seat | Embassy of Canada, Mexico City |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Canada |
Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon |
Formation | March 3, 1944 |
The ambassador of Canada to Mexico is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Mexico. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the United Mexican States. The ambassador of Canada to Mexico is Graeme C. Clark who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on August 26, 2019.
The Embassy of Canada is located at Calle Schiller No. 529, Colonia Polanco, 11580 México, D.F., México.
History of diplomatic relations
Main article: Canada–Mexico relationsDiplomatic relations between Canada and Mexico were established on January 30, 1944, with the first ambassador, William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon, appointed on the advice of Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King on March 3, 1944.
List of ambassadors of Canada to Mexico
No. | Name | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. | |||
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1 | William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon | March 3, 1944 | April 27, 1944 | August 15, 1944 | Non-Career | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935–1948) |
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2 | Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside | November 22, 1944 | February 15, 1945 | March 1947 | Career | |||
3 | Sydney David Pierce | May 20, 1947 | July 17, 1947 | January 28, 1949 | Career | |||
4 | Charles Pierre Hébert | January 12, 1949 | February 24, 1949 | Career | Louis St. Laurent (1948–1957) |
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5 | Jules Léger | October 14, 1953 | July 8, 1954 | Career | ||||
6 | Douglas Seaman Cole | November 18, 1954 | December 8, 1954 | Career | ||||
– | Lionel Victor Joseph Roy (Chargé d'Affaires) |
July 1958 | February 1960 | Career | John G. Diefenbaker (1957–1963) |
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– | Edward Ritchie Bellemare (Chargé d'Affaires) |
January 28, 1960 | 1961 | Career | ||||
7 | William Arthur Irwin | March 9, 1960 | April 4, 1960 | May 6, 1964 | Non-Career | |||
8 | Herbert Frederick Brooks-Hill Feaver | March 26, 1964 | August 12, 1964 | May 4, 1967 | Career | Lester B. Pearson (1963–1968) |
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9 | Saul Forbes Rae | April 19, 1967 | September 12, 1967 | June 25, 1972 | Career | |||
10 | Maurice Schwarzmann | April 22, 1972 | June 25, 1972 | September 27, 1975 | Career | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968–1979 & 1980–1984) |
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11 | James Coningsby Langley | October 21, 1975 | June 1, 1979 | Career | ||||
12 | Claude Talbot Charland | April 4, 1979 | August 9, 1979 | February 14, 1982 | Career | |||
13 | James Russell McKinney | February 18, 1982 | March 24, 1982 | June 28, 1985 | Career | |||
14 | Raymond A.J. Chrétien | July 5, 1985 | September 9, 1985 | October 29, 1988 | Career | Brian Mulroney (1984–1993) |
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– | James Darrell Leach (Chargé d'Affaires) |
October 29, 1988 | October 17, 1989 | Career | ||||
15 | David John Sydney Winfield | September 28, 1989 | October 18, 1989 | Career | ||||
16 | Marc Perron | July 4, 1995 | Career | Jean Chrétien (1993–2003) |
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17 | Stanley Edward Gooch | October 29, 1997 | April 29, 2000 | Career | ||||
18 | Keith H. Christie | June 26, 2000 | July 26, 2000 | Career | ||||
19 | Gaëtan Lavertu | July 15, 2003 | September 4, 2003 | Career | ||||
– | Robert Langlois (Consul General) |
May 19, 2004 | Paul Martin (2003–2006) |
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20 | Guillermo Rishchynski | August 31, 2007 | October 24, 2007 | July 29, 2011 | Career | Stephen Harper (2006–2015) |
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21 | Sara Hradecky | October 4, 2011 | February 24, 2012 | March 31, 2015 | Career | |||
22 | Pierre Alarie | February 24, 2015 | June 19, 2015 | August 16, 2019 | Career | |||
23 | Graeme C. Clark | August 26, 2019 | September 22, 2019 | Career | Justin Trudeau (2015–Present) |
See also
References
- ^ "Orders In Council PC 2019-1253". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. August 26, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- DeLong 2020, p. 60.
- 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 – Mexico". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada.