Paul Dubois, becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Austria with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna.

Raphael Girard, becomes Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with concurrent accreditation to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Bernard Giroux, becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, with concurrent accreditation to the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Fredericka Gregory, becomes Minister in Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany).

Marius Grinius, becomes Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

Ronald Halpin, becomes Ambassador to the Czech Republic with concurrent accreditation to the Slovak Republic.

Wayne Hammond, becomes High Commissioner to the United Republic of Tanzania, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Seychelles, and as Ambassador, to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar.

Sara S. Hradecky, becomes Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City (Viet Nam).

Lawrence David Lederman, becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Chile.

Peter M. Lloyd, becomes High Commissioner to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Craig T. MacDonald, becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Finland.

Marie-Lucie Morin, becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Iceland.

Mary Mosser, becomes Ambassador and Deputy Head of Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Robert Noble, becomes Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic.

Franco D. Pillarella, becomes Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

J. Christopher Poole, becomes Consul General in Chicago (United States of America).

Valerie Raymond, becomes High Commissioner to New Zealand with concurrent accreditation to the Kingdom of Tonga, the Independent State of Western Samoa, the Republic of Kiribati, and Tuvalu.

Colin Russel, becomes Consul General in Hong Kong (People's Republic of China).

John Treleaven, becomes Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines.

Anthony G. Vincent, becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain with concurrent accreditation to the Principality of Andorra.

Gardiner James Wilson, becomes High Commissioner to Brunei.

David Wright, becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the North Atlantic Council.

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Gilles Bernier (educated at Collège Sainte-Marie, Montréal), a former member of Parliament, has been a broadcaster and Director of Personnel and Programming for la Radio de la Beauce, as well as a hotel/restaurant manager. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1984 as the member for Beauce. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1988 and 1993. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Bernier was Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. He is a former President of the Chamber of Commerce and Council for Tourism for the Beauce region. He is married to Doris Rodrigue and they have four children. Mr. Bernier succeeds Christopher Poole.

Peter M. Boehm (BA Honours, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1977; MA, Carleton University, 1978; PhD, University of Edinburgh, 1983) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1981. A native of Kitchener, Ontario, he has had two postings at missions abroad, in Havana and San José. At headquarters, he has occupied a number of positions, notably as Director of the Economic Summit Co-ordination Division, where he served from 1993 to 1995. Most recently, Mr. Boehm has been Director of the South America and Inter-America Division where he has served since 1995. Mr. Boehm is married to Julia Wayand and they have three children. He succeeds Brian Dickson.

Alexandra Bugailiskis (BA Honours, Carleton University, 1979; MA, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, 1992) entered the Foreign Service in 1982. Since joining the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade she has served abroad in Accra and Guatemala. In Ottawa, she has held positions in a number of divisions, including the Anglophone Africa, and the United Nations Affairs Divisions. Her most recent assignment was as Director of the Caribbean and Central America Relations Division, a position to which she was named in 1994. She is married to Lt. Col. Alexander Fieglar and they have two children. Ms. Bugailiskis succeeds John McNee.

Keith H. Christie (BA Honours, University of Toronto, 1971; DPhil, Oxford University, 1974) entered the Foreign Service in 1976 after a period of lecturing at the Universities of Reading and British Columbia. A Rhodes Scholar (British Columbia, 1971), Mr. Christie has had postings in Brasilia and Lima. His headquarters assignments have included Latin America Division, GATT Affairs Division, and the Multilateral Trade Negotiations Branch. In 1991, he was a Director in the Office of North American Free Trade Negotiations, leaving in 1992 to become Director of the Economic and Trade Policy Division. During 1995-96, he was concurrently Canada's Chief Negotiator of the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement. Since 1996, he has been serving on secondment in the Privy Council Office as Assistant Deputy Minister for Federal-Provincial Relations. Mr. Christie is married to Liliana Zapata and they have two children. He succeeds Mark Entwistle.

Mary Clancy (BA Honours, Mount Saint Vincent University, 1970; LLB, Dalhousie University, 1974; LLM, University of London, 1975), a lawyer, broadcaster, actor and journalist, was born in Halifax. She was in private practice from 1978 to 1988, and simultaneously a university lecturer (1979-88) and a CBC broadcaster (1984-88). First elected to the House of Commons in the general election of 1988 as the member for Halifax, she was re-elected in 1993. Ms. Clancy was appointed Critic for the Status of Women in 1989 (reappointed in 1990), and Associate Critic for Privatization. She was Associate Critic for Communications in 1990 and served from 1993 to 1996 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Citizenship and Immigration. From 1996 to 1997 she was Chair of the Standing Committee on Defence and Veterans' Affairs. She has served on the Boards of Governors for the Ecology Action Centre, the YWCA, the Atlantic Ballet Company and the Home of the Guardian Angel and Seaweed Theatre. Ms. Clancy has also been on the Boards of Governors for Mount Saint Vincent and Dalhousie Universities. Ms. Clancy succeeds the Honourable Donald W. Cameron.

Graeme C. Clark (BA, University of Toronto, 1982; MLitt Studies, Oxford University, 1986) joined the Department of External Affairs and International Trade in 1989. He has previously served in the Canadian Embassy in San José. At headquarters, he has had assignments in a number of divisions, most recently in the International Security and Defence Relations Division, and beginning in September 1993, as Departmental Legislative Assistant in the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since 1995 he has served in the Prime Minister's Office as Legislative Assistant. He succeeds Anthony Vincent.

Paul Dubois (BA, Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, 1969; BCL, McGill University, 1973) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1973. He has served abroad at Canadian Embassies in Bangkok, Abidjan and Bonn. From 1990 to 1994 he was Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva. From 1992 to 1994, he was also Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the Conference on Disarmament. In Ottawa, he had several assignments in the Legal Bureau, the last of which was as Director of the Economic and Trade Law Division from 1986 to 1990. In 1994 he became Director General of Western Europe Bureau now called the European Union, Northern and Western Europe Bureau. He is married to Mechthild Dubois-Utters and they have two sons. He succeeds Peter Walker.

Raphael Girard (BA, University of British Columbia, 1963) joined the Foreign Service of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration in 1963. He has had postings in missions abroad in London (twice), Beirut, Belgrade, and Rome. He has specialized in refugee law and policy, both in the Department of External Affairs and in the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, including assignments as Director General of Refugee Affairs and Executive Head of the Refugee Determination Task Force. He acted as advisor to several ministers and led a variety of Canadian delegations at international conferences in Geneva and elsewhere. In 1995, he was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations at Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Mr. Girard is married to Sylvie Doucet and has five children. He succeeds Dennis Snider.

Bernard Giroux (BA, University of Montreal, 1968; BA Honours, McGill University, 1970; MSc, [Economic studies], University of Montreal, 1971) joined the Trade Commissioner Service in 1971. He has seen service abroad in Manila, Minneapolis, Brussels (the Mission to the European Community), Seoul and Boston. In Ottawa, he has held a number of positions including Director of the Trade Commissioner Service Personnel Division, and Director of the United States Trade and Tourism Development Division. In 1994 he was named Director General of the United States Trade, Tourism and Investment Development Bureau and since 1996 has served as Director General of the International Business Planning Bureau. Mr. Giroux is married to Marjolaine Martin. He succeeds Manfred von Nostitz.

Fredericka Gregory (BA Honours, Queen's University, 1978; International Relations Program, University of Vienna, 1977) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1982. She has served abroad at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, and most recently as Economic Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Paris. At headquarters, Ms. Gregory has worked in such areas as South and Southeast Asia relations, economic relations with developing countries, and in the departmental media relations office. She has been Deputy Director of the Western Europe Relations Division and Deputy Director and Economic Summit Co-ordinator in the International Economic Relations Division. Ms. Gregory succeeds Adriaan de Hoog.

Marius Grinius (BA, Royal Military College, Kingston, 1971) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1979. He has spent a good part of his career in missions abroad, beginning with Bangkok, where he served twice, Brussels (at the North Atlantic Council) and Hanoi, where he was Chargé d'Affaires from 1991 to 1993. At headquarters, he served in the Arms Control and Disarmament Division and is currently Director of the Southeast Asia Division (since 1993). He succeeds Christine Desloges.

Ronald Halpin (BA Honours, Royal Military College, 1971), originally from Pine Falls, Manitoba, joined the Department of External Affairs in 1975 after military service, including peacekeeping in Cyprus. Mr. Halpin has served in Canadian embassies in Pretoria, Moscow and Warsaw. At headquarters, he has worked in such areas as the Political and Strategic Analysis Division, the USSR and Eastern Europe Relations Division and the Personnel Division. He was Senior Advisor for Security and Counter-terrorism from 1992 to 1995. He was most recently Director General of the Resource Planning and Management Bureau. Mr. Halpin is married to Françoise Lacasse and they have two children. Mr. Halpin succeeds Alain Dudoit.

Wayne Hammond (BA Honours, University of Waterloo, 1965; MA, University of Waterloo, 1966; PhD, University of British Columbia, 1974) joined the Department of Manpower and Immigration in 1972 after a period as a lecturer at the University of Winnipeg and at Saint Mary's University. He has seen service in missions in Nairobi, London (twice) and Pretoria. In 1990, he was appointed High Commissioner to the Republic of Namibia, where he served until 1993. In Ottawa, he has served in a number of capacities including as Director of Africa and Middle East Programs at External Affairs and International Trade from 1988 to 1990, Director General of Planning and Resource Development in Citizenship and Immigration's International Service Group from 1993 to 1995, and Project Co-ordinator in that same department since 1995. He will be accompanied to the post by Edwina Wood. Mr. Hammond succeeds Verona Edelstein.

Sara S. Hradecky (BA, Carleton University, 1981; MA, Carleton University, 1983) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1983. In addition to assisting the Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in the fall of 1994, she has been posted as a trade commissioner to Canadian embassies in Buenos Aires, Belgrade and Tel Aviv. In Israel, she was manager of the Trade Program. She is currently Deputy Director in the Policy and Strategic Planning Division. Ms. Hradecky is the first Canadian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City.

Lawrence David Lederman (BA, University of Toronto, 1966; MBA, University of Toronto, 1968) joined the Trade Commissioner Service in 1968. Mr. Lederman has been Chief of Protocol for Canada since February 1993. Prior to that appointment, he served on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Monitor Mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and as Consul General for Canada in Cleveland, Ohio (1987 to 1992). Mr. Lederman has also served in the commercial and economic divisions of Canadian embassies in Brussels, Berne, Caracas and in the Canadian Consulate General in Munich. His assignments at headquarters in Ottawa have included that of Deputy Director, Personnel, Trade Commissioner Service (1972 to 1975) Director of the Africa and Middle East Programs Division (1983 to 1985), Director of Western Europe II Trade Development Division (1985 to 1986), and Senior Advisor, International Appointments in the Bureau of Personnel (1986 to 1987). He is married to Patricia Morrison and they have two children. Mr. Lederman succeeds Marc Lortie.

Peter M. Lloyd (BA, University of Toronto, 1969) was a journalist with the Canadian Press, the Toronto Star and CTV News from 1969 to 1982. He then became Director of Public Relations and Information Services at the University of Ottawa before entering the Department of External Affairs in 1986. From 1986 to 1988, he was Director General of the International Trade Communications Group. He served as Director General of the Corporate and Media Communications Bureau from 1988 until 1993. Since 1993, he has been Director General of the Communications Bureau. He is married to Geri Horsford and they have two children. Mr. Lloyd succeeds Marc Lemieux.

Craig T. MacDonald (BA, University of Toronto, 1963; MBA, University of Toronto, 1965) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1965. He has served abroad in Washington, Bangkok, Teheran, and Brussels (the Mission to the European Community). His assignments in Ottawa have included Director of the Political/Economic Personnel Division at headquarters, as well as secondments as Director General at the Department of Regional Economic Expansion, and Director General of the Trade Policy and International Affairs Branch of the Department of Industry, Science and Technology. From 1994 to 1996, he was Director General of International Business Programs. Since 1996 he has been a Fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. He is married to Rosemary MacDonald and they have two sons. Mr. MacDonald succeeds Isabelle Massip.

Marie-Lucie Morin (DEC, Collège de Sherbrooke, 1976; LL L, University de Sherbrooke, 1979; admitted to Quebec Bar in 1980) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1980. She has served abroad as a trade commissioner in San Francisco, Jakarta and London. Ms. Morin was appointed Minister-Counsellor (Commercial) in the Canadian Embassy in Moscow, where she has served since 1994. Her most recent assignment at headquarters was as Director of the Financial and Business Services Division from 1990 to 1994. She is married to Nicolas Temnikov and they have four children. Ms. Morin succeeds François Mathys.

Mary Mosser (BA, University of Toronto, 1964; MA, University of Toronto, 1966), born in Toronto, Ontario, joined the Department of External Affairs in 1973 and served abroad in Singapore, Paris and Moscow. From 1992 to 1994, she was Chargé d'affaires in Belgrade. Ms. Mosser was nominated as High Commissioner in Lusaka where she has served since 1994. In Ottawa, she worked in the areas of Aid and Development, Commodity and Energy Policy, and held positions of Deputy Director in the Science, Technology and Nuclear Division, and Deputy Director (Eastern Europe) in the USSR and Eastern Europe Relations Division. Ms. Mosser succeeds Peter McKellar.

Robert Noble (BA, University of Toronto, 1970) joined the Trade Commissioner Service in 1974 after a period of work in the private sector and the Ontario government. In the course of his career to date, Mr. Noble has had postings in Mexico, Dakar and Madrid, returning to Mexico from 1993 to 1995 where he was Minister-Counsellor (Commercial/Economic). In Ottawa, he has served in a variety of capacities, including a secondment to the Canadian Exporters Association as Director of Government Liaison responsible for Industrial Co-operation projects in Central and Southern Africa from 1983 to 1987. Most recently, he has been Director of the Central Europe Division. Mr. Noble is married to Janet Boyer and they have one daughter. He succeeds Louise Charron Fortin.

Franco D. Pillarella (BA, University of Ottawa, 1963; LL L University of Ottawa, 1966; member of the Quebec Bar, 1967) joined the Foreign Service in 1967. He has served abroad in Bonn, Milan, Rome, Algiers, The Hague and as Consul General in Berlin from 1988 to 1992. At headquarters, he has had broad experience, serving in a number of divisions, including the Legal Operations Division and the Francophone Institutions Division. From 1986 to 1988 he was Director of the Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. He is currently Director of the Foreign Intelligence Division. Mr. Pillarella succeeds Jacques Noiseux.

J. Christopher Poole (BA Honours [Economics], University of British Columbia, 1966; MA, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy [Tufts and Harvard Universities], 1967) joined the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1967 and served abroad in Brussels, Abidjan, Bucharest and San Francisco. In 1990 he was appointed as Ambassador to Iraq and joined Canadian nationals in Baghdad who were detained and then released prior to the Gulf War. From 1992 to 1996 he served as Ambassador to the State of Kuwait. Since 1996, he has been Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti. In Ottawa, Mr. Poole has held a number of international trade positions. From 1987 to 1990, he was seconded to the Government of British Columbia as Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for international trade development. From 1973 to 1976, he worked in the private sector on executive interchange to Canada's largest forest products company, MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. He is married to Linda Nelsen. Mr. Poole succeeds Alan Lever.

Valerie Raymond (BA Honours, University of Guelph, 1974; BJ Honours, Carleton University, 1976), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, entered the Department of External Affairs in 1986 after serving at the Departments of Energy, Mines and Resources, Employment and Immigration and Status of Women Canada. A former journalist, she served as Director of External Communications and International Sports Relations between 1986 and 1990. In 1992, she was appointed Director of the Human Rights, Women's Equality and Social Affairs Division, following two years as Director of the International Women's Equality Division. In 1994-95 she was named Executive Director of the United Nations World Conference on Women Secretariat at Status of Women Canada, also serving as Canada's Alternate Representative at the Conference in Beijing. Returning to headquarters in late 1995, she was appointed Co-ordinator for the Habitat II Summit -- the UN World Conference on Human Settlements -- in the Global Issues Bureau, serving as Canada's Representative at the Summit in Istanbul. Ms. Raymond was appointed Director of the Arts and Cultural Industries Promotion Division in 1996. She is married to Ronald Verzuh and they have one daughter. Ms. Raymond succeeds Robert A. Wright.

Colin Russel (BEng, McGill University, 1962; MBA, McGill University, 1971) joined the Trade Commissioner Service in 1971 after a period in the private sector. He has served in Hong Kong (twice) Madrid, Rabat, Manila, London and New Delhi. His headquarters assignments have included Director of the Japan Trade Development Division and, since 1993, Director of the China Division. Mr. Russel is married to Linden Russel and they have three children. He succeeds Garrett Lambert.

John Treleaven (BA, University of Toronto, 1967; MA studies, University of Toronto, 1968) joined the Trade Commissioner Service in 1969. From his entry into public service until the present he has served abroad in Sao Paulo, San Juan, London, San José, Hong Kong and Tokyo, where he was Minister-Counsellor (Commercial) between 1988 and 1992. At headquarters, he has served in a number of positions, including Director of the Pacific Trade Development Division from 1985 to 1986, Director of the Japan Trade Development Division from 1986 to 1988 and as Director General of the International Marketing Bureau from 1992 to 1994, and Director General, Trade Planning and Operations from 1994 to 1996. Since October 1996, he has been seconded to the Privy Council Office Jobs Strategy Task Force. He is married to Beverley Treleaven. Mr. Treleaven succeeds Stephen Heeney.

Anthony G. Vincent (BA, University of Minnesota, 1966) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1969. He has served abroad in The Hague, New Delhi and in Dhaka as High Commissioner with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to Burma from 1985 to 1989. Since 1994, he has been Ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. In Ottawa he has had a wide range of assignments, including Director of the South and Southeast Asia Relations Division from 1983 to 1985 and Director of Security Division from 1988 to 1992. Mr. Vincent is married to Lucie Houle and they have one daughter. He succeeds David Wright.

Gardiner James Wilson (BA, University of British Columbia, 1966) entered the Department of External Affairs in 1967. Between 1969 and 1989, he was assigned to missions abroad in Bangkok, Teheran, London, Sydney, Singapore and Bangkok. He served in a variety of posts at headquarters in Ottawa, including the Consular, Caribbean and Southeast Asia Relations Divisions. From 1989 to 1992, he served in Vancouver as Senior Vice President with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Since 1993 he has been Deputy High Commissioner at the Canadian High Commission in Canberra. He and his wife, Suchitra, have one son. Mr. Wilson succeeds Richard Belliveau.

David Wright (BSc, McGill University, 1966; MBA, Columbia University, 1968) joined the Trade Commissioner Service in 1968 and the Department of External Affairs in 1974. In the course of his career, he has seen service abroad in Rome, New York (United Nations), Tokyo and Paris, where he was Minister from 1987 to 1990. Most recently he has been Ambassador in Spain, beginning in 1994. Mr. Wright's assignments at headquarters have included periods as Director General of the Economic Policy Bureau from 1985 to 1987 and as Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe from 1990 to 1994. He is married to Ilze Skuja and has a son. Mr. Wright succeeds John Anderson.

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