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NEWS RELEASES
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS
February 15, 1996 No. 19
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS
Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy announces the following diplomatic
appointments:
Howard Balloch, as Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
Douglas G. Waddell, as Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, in Washington.
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Biographical notes are attached.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Howard Balloch (Université Laval, 1969; B.A., [Honours] Political Science and
Economics, McGill University, 1971; M.A., International Relations, McGill
University, 1972; Ph.D. studies (thesis incomplete), Political Economy, University
of Toronto; Fondation nationale de Sciences politiques, 1973-76; McDonnell Fellow,
McGill University, 1971-72; Canada Council Fellow, 1973-76) joined the Department
of External Affairs in 1976 and served abroad in Jakarta and Prague. In Ottawa,
Mr. Balloch held a number of positions in the Department, including Director,
Resource Management; Director, North Asia Relations Division; Director General,
Policy Planning Staff and, from 1992 to 1994, Assistant Deputy Minister, Asia and
Pacific Branch. In 1994, he joined the Privy Council Office as Deputy Secretary
for Intergovernmental Affairs. He is a member of the boards of governors of the
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and of the Centre for International Business at
the University of Toronto; he is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre
for International Business at the University of British Columbia. Mr. Balloch and
his wife, Liani, have four children. He succeeds Mr. John L. Paynter, who died on
October 31, 1995.
Douglas G. Waddell (B.A. Honours, University of Manitoba, 1969) is currently
Director General, Trade Policy Bureau and Co-ordinator for the North American Free
Trade Agreement. He was Director General, United States Trade and Economic Policy
Bureau from 1987 to 1991. Prior to that Mr. Waddell had various trade policy
assignments relating to Canada-United States trade relations and Canada's
participation in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. He served at the
Canadian Embassy in Washington as First Secretary from 1973 to 1976. He joined
the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1969. Mr. Waddell and his wife,
Connie, have three daughters. He succeeds Robert G. Wright, who was recently
named Deputy Minister for International Trade.
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