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<p><font face="Courier"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2">April 22, 1997 No. 76</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Univers" size="+2">DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced the following diplomatic
appointment:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><strong>Donald W. Smith</strong>, Director of the Legal Advisory Division, Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade, as Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia.</font></p>
<p><font face="Univers" size="+1">Biographical Note</font><font face="Courier"></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><strong>Donald W. Smith</strong> (BA, University of Calgary, 1966; LLB, University of Alberta,
1969), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, joined the Department of External Affairs in
1969 and served abroad in Cairo, Dublin and London. In Ottawa, he was assigned to
divisions concerned with Africa and the Middle East and with United Nations
Political and Institutional Affairs. The greater part of his headquarters career
has taken place in the Legal Bureau, where he has served as Deputy Director of
both the Legal Operations and the Legal Advisory Divisions. In 1979/80, he took
leave from the Department to work as a lawyer with the firm of Harris and Co. in
Calgary. Between 1980 and 1982 he was Head of the Environmental Law Section of the
Legal Operations Division. Since 1991, Mr. Smith has been Director of the Legal
Advisory Division. Mr. Smith is married to Elizabeth Ann Smith and they have two
daughters, Jennifer and Fiona. He succeeds Graham Green.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier">For further information, media representatives may contact:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Catherine Lappe</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Director of Communications</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1851</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Media Relations Office</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1874</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">This document is also available on the Department's Internet site:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</font></p>
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