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<p><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt">November 10, 2006 <i>(9:20 EST)</i><br>
No. 131</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt">DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the following diplomatic appointments:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Peter Lloyd</span> becomes Consul General in Seattle (United States of America).</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">James Wall </span>becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with concurrent
accreditation as Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">- 30 -</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Biographical notes on the appointees are attached.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">For further information, media representatives may contact:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Foreign Affairs Media Relations Office<br>
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada<br>
613-995-1874<br>
</span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221041115/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 14pt">BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Peter Lloyd </span>(BA, University of Toronto, 1969). Prior to joining the Public Service, Peter
Lloyd worked as a journalist for major national print and television news organizations in
Montréal and Ottawa. He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1986 and has
since served abroad in Port of Spain, as Head of Mission, and in New York. At
headquarters he has served as Director General of the department’s Communications
Bureau. Most recently, he completed a two-year secondment to the Canadian
International Development Agency. He is married to Geri Horsford. They have a
daughter, Anna Jean, and a son, Evan. Peter Lloyd succeeds Jeffrey Parker.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">James Wall</span> (BA Honours, Carleton University, 1968; LLB, University of Ottawa, 1973)
joined the Department of External Affairs in 1976 and has since served abroad in New
Delhi, Jakarta, Nairobi and, from 1999 to 2002, in Harare as High Commissioner to
Zimbabwe with concurrent accreditation to Mozambique, Botswana and Angola. In
Ottawa, he undertook several assignments in the Legal Bureau, serving as the Director
of the Economic and Trade Law Division from 1990 to 1992. From 1996 to 1997, he
was Director of the Information and Technology Trade Policy Division. In 1997 and
1998 he was Director General of the International and Economic Issues Directorate at
Environment Canada. Most recently, Mr. Wall has served as Canada’s High
Commissioner to Kenya (with concurrent accreditation to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,
Eritrea and Somalia) as well as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Centre
for Human Settlements and to the United Nations Environment Programme. He is
married to Heather Galley and they have a son, Jake. James Wall succeeds Colleen
Swords.</span></span></p>
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