Alex Himelfarb - Clerk of the
Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
 Born in 1947, Alex Himelfarb is a graduate of the University of Toronto
where he obtained a Ph.D. in Sociology.
Mr. Himelfarb joined the Public Service in 1981 with the Department of
the Solicitor General of Canada. He has held a number of positions of
increasing responsibility since that time, including Director General,
Planning and Systems Group, Planning and Management Branch with the
Department of the Solicitor General of Canada; Executive Director of the
National Parole Board; Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Social Policy
Development with the Privy Council Office; and Associate Secretary of the
Treasury Board. While serving as Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board,
he also headed the federal Task Force on the Social Union. In June 1999, Mr.
Himelfarb became Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage, a position he held
until his appointment as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the
Cabinet in May 2002.
Before joining the Public Service, Mr. Himelfarb was a Professor of
Sociology at the University of New Brunswick from 1972 to 1981. During this
period, he undertook an Executive Interchange with the Department of Justice
as Head of the Unified Family Court Project from 1979 to 1981.
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