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Home   The Ambassador Canada's chief representatives to the U.S. Michael Kergin
Canada's Ambassador to the United States
2000–2005 Michael Kergin presented his Letters of Credence to President Clinton on October 19, 2000, becoming the nineteenth representative of Canada to the United States. Ambassador Kergin's career in the Public Service began when he joined the Department of External Affairs (now the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) in 1967 as a Foreign Service Officer. His postings abroad included New York (the Canadian Mission to the United Nations), Cameroon, and Chile. He served as Ambassador to Cuba from 1986 to 1989 and was posted in Washington twice prior to his appointment as Ambassador. During his years in Ottawa, Mr. Kergin held various positions at the Foreign Affairs Department. From 1984 to 1986, he was the Senior Departmental Assistant to then Secretary of State for External Affairs, Joe Clark. In 1994, he became Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for Political and International Security Affairs. After two years, Mr. Kergin became the Assistant Deputy Minister with responsibility for the Americas and Security/Intelligence Affairs. He held that position until 1998, when the Prime Minister asked him to serve as his Foreign Policy Advisor as well as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet for Foreign and Defence Policy (the Canadian equivalent to the National Security Adviser in the U.S. government). Mr. Kergin graduated from the University of Toronto in 1965 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in history and languages and, in 1967, received a Masters in Arts (Economics) from Magdalen College at Oxford University. Mr. Kergin was born in a Canadian military hospital in Bramshott, England, on April 26th, 1942. He is married to Margarita Fuentes Kergin, and they have three sons: Patrick, Christopher and Andrew. He enjoys playing tennis.
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