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NEWS RELEASES
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT
October 1, 1996 No. 179
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT
Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced the appointment of Michael
B. Phillips, Assistant Deputy Minister, United States Branch, Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, as Ambassador to Ireland.
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A biographical note on the appointee is attached.
For further information, media representatives may contact:
Catherine Lappe
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
This document is also available on the Department's Internet site:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Michael B. Phillips (B.A., University of Saskatchewan, 1962; LL.B, University of
Saskatchewan, 1964), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, joined the Department of
External Affairs in 1965 and served abroad in Addis Ababa, Dublin and Nairobi.
From 1983 to 1988 he served in London as Minister for Political and Public Affairs
and from 1991 to 1995 he was Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden with concurrent
accreditations to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. In Ottawa, Mr. Phillips has
served three times in the Legal Bureau rising to serve as Assistant Director
General in 1980. He was Senior Departmental Assistant to the Secretary of State
for External Affairs from 1981 to 1983. He has since performed a series of high-level functions at headquarters including Director General, Foreign Policy and
General Communications Bureau; Assistant Deputy Minister, United States Relations
Branch, and since 1995, Assistant Deputy Minister, United States Branch. Mr.
Phillips is married to Oonagh Mary Phillips and they have two children. Mr.
Phillips succeeds Barry Mawhinney.
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