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NEWS RELEASES
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS
August 23, 1996 No. 147
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS
Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced the following diplomatic
appointments:
Marie Bernard-Meunier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Issues and Culture
Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, becomes Ambassador
to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
J. Thomas Boehm, National Co-ordinator, Chemical Weapons Convention National
Authority, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, becomes Consul
General in Seattle, U.S.A.
Alan Bowker, Co-ordinator for Access to Information and Privacy Protection,
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, becomes High Commissioner
to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana with concurrent accreditation to the
Republic of Suriname.
Jeremy Kinsman, formerly Ambassador to the Russian Federation, becomes Ambassador
to the Italian Republic.
Michael T. Mace, Director General, Europe Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade, becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey with
concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Georgia.
Richard Mann, Director, Trade Development Operations, Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade, becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
André S. Simard, Inspector General, Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade, becomes High Commissioner to Malaysia.
Gary J. Smith, formerly Departmental Fellow at the Center for International
Affairs at Harvard University, becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.
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Biographical information on the appointees 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 NOTES
Marie Bernard-Meunier, (BA [Political Science], University of Montreal, 1967; MA
[Political Science], University of Montreal, 1973; Ecole Nationale
d'Administration, Paris, 1979-80) born in Noranda, Quebec, joined the Department
of External Affairs in 1972 and served abroad in New York, Bonn, Vienna and Paris.
Mrs. Bernard-Meunier returned to Paris in 1987 as Minister-Counsellor and Deputy
Permanent Delegate and, from 1991 to 1993, as Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
She was elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO in 1989 and elected President in
1991. In Ottawa, she held a number of positions including, Director General,
International Organizations and, since 1995, has been Assistant Deputy Minister,
Global Issues and Culture Branch. She is married to Dr. Pierre Bernard and they
have one child. Mrs. Bernard-Meunier succeeds Michael R. Bell.
J. Thomas Boehm, (BA, York University, 1963; University of Paris, Sorbonne, 1964;
Graduate Studies [Geography] University of Toronto, 1965) born in Toronto,
Ontario, joined the Department of External Affairs in 1965 and served abroad in
Islamabad, Kingston, Washington, Nairobi and, from 1988 to 1992, as Minister in
the Canadian High Commission, London. In Ottawa, Mr. Boehm has held a number of
positions including Director, Staff Relations and Employee Services Division, and
Director General, Personnel Administration Bureau. In 1993, he served as Vice
Commandant, National Defence College, Kingston, Ontario. Since 1994 he has been
the National Co-ordinator, Chemical Weapons Convention National Authority. He is
married to Mary Ellen Boehm and they have two sons. Mr. Boehm succeeds Bernard
Gagosz.
Alan Bowker, (BA Honours [Modern History (English)], University of Toronto, 1965;
MA, University of Toronto, 1966; Ph.D, University of Toronto, 1975) born in
Medicine Hat, Alberta, joined the Department of External Affairs in 1973 and
served abroad in Dar-es-Salaam and Harare. In Ottawa, Mr. Bowker served in the
United States Bureau and was involved for many years with the Conference on
Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) as CSCE Co-ordinator within the USSR
and Eastern Europe Relations Division and in the Office of CSCE Affairs. From
1990 to 1993 he was Co-ordinator, Cabinet and Parliamentary Liaison, and since
1993 has served as Co-ordinator, Access to Information and Privacy Protection. He
is married to Carolyn Bowker and they have two children. Mr. Bowker succeeds
Simon Wade.
Jeremy Kinsman, (Princeton University, New Jersey, 1963; Institut d'Études
politiques, Paris, 1965) born in Montreal, Quebec, joined the Department of
External Affairs in 1966. He served abroad in Brussels with the Canadian
Delegation to the European Economic Communities, in Algiers, in New York as
Minister-Counsellor and subsequently as Minister and Deputy Permanent
Representative with the Canadian Mission to the United Nations, and in Washington
as Minister. In Ottawa, Mr. Kinsman held a number of positions including Chairman
of the Policy Planning Secretariat of the Department of External Affairs from 1980
to 1981; Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs and Broadcasting, with
Department of Communications from 1985 to 1990; and, from 1990 to 1992, Assistant
Deputy Minister, Political and International Security Affairs. From 1993 to 1996,
he was Ambassador to the Russian Federation. He is married to Hana Kinsman and
has two children. Mr. Kinsman succeeds de Montigny Marchand.
Michael T. Mace, (BA, Queen's University, 1964) born in Dauphin, Manitoba, joined
the Foreign Service of the Department of Manpower and Immigration in 1967, serving
in Cairo. In 1971, he transferred to the Department of External Affairs and
served in Havana, Moscow, Kuala Lumpur and Tel Aviv. From 1990 to 1993, he was
Ambassador to the Republic of Chile with concurrent accreditation to the Republic
of Paraguay. In Ottawa, he has held a number of positions including Director of
Political/Economic and Social Affairs, Personnel Division; Senior Advisor, Middle
East Refugee Working Group Co-ordinating Body; and since 1994, Director General,
Central and Eastern Europe Bureau. He is married to Jane Elizabeth McIlraith and
they have two children. Mr. Mace succeeds Peter Hancock.
Richard Mann, (BSc, University of Toronto, 1967; MBA, University of Toronto, 1969)
born in Sudbury, Ontario, joined the Trade Commissioner Service in 1969 and served
abroad in Manila, Chicago, Cairo, and in New York with the Canadian Delegation to
the United Nations. From 1987 to 1990, he served in Seoul as Minister-Counsellor
(Commercial) and, from 1991 to 1994, in Moscow as Minister-Counsellor
(Commercial). In Ottawa he has held the positions of Director, East Asia Trade
Development, and since 1994, Director, Trade Development Operations Division. He
is married to Gloria Mann and they have two children. Mr. Mann is the first
resident Canadian Ambassador to Kazakhstan.
André S. Simard, (BA [Education], Collège Ste-Thérèse de Blainville/Collège Ste-Croix; MA [Law], University of Montreal; Certificate in International Law, Academy
of International Law of the Hague) born in Montreal, Quebec, joined the Department
of External Affairs in 1967 and served abroad in Tokyo, Saigon, Tunis and Bangkok.
He was Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon from 1987 to 1989 and Ambassador to
the Republic of the Philippines from 1989 to 1993. In Ottawa, he has held a
number of positions including, Head of the Nuclear Section, Transport,
Communications and Energy Division; Official Spokesman and Director, Press Office;
Director, Pacific Relations Division; and, Director, Japan Relations Division.
Since 1993 he has been Inspector General for the Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade. He is married to Sabine Simard and they have two children.
Mr. Simard succeeds John P. Bell.
Gary J. Smith, (BA Honours [Political Science and Economics], York University,
Glendon College, 1968) born in Toronto, Ontario, joined the Department of External
Affairs in 1968 and served abroad in New York, Moscow, Brussels (Canadian
Delegation to the North Atlantic Council), and Tel Aviv. He also was posted to
New Delhi where he was Deputy High Commissioner from 1986 to 1989 and to Bonn as
Minister from 1989 to 1993. In Ottawa he has held a number of positions including
Director of Arms Control and Disarmament Division and Director General, Asia and
Pacific Branch. From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Smith was Acting Assistant Deputy Minister
of the Asia and Pacific Branch. During the past year, Mr. Smith has been the
departmental representative as a Fellow with the Center for International Affairs
at Harvard University. He is married to Laurielle Chabeaux-Smith and they have
two children. Mr. Smith succeeds Lawrence Dickenson.
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