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<p><font face="Arial"><strong></strong></font><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong></strong></font><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong>June 10, 1999 <em>(3:30 p.m. EDT)</em> No. 138</strong></font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong> DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong></strong></font><strong></strong><font face="Arial"></font><font face="Arial">Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced the following diplomatic appointments: </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>James K. Bartleman</strong> becomes High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of Australia with concurrent
accreditation as Ambassador to the Republic of Palau.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"></font><font face="Arial"><strong>Stewart Beck</strong> becomes Consul General in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Daniel K. Daley</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Panama.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Peter Donolo</strong> becomes Consul General in Milan, the Italian Republic.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong></strong></font><font face="Arial"><strong>Ian C. Ferguson</strong> becomes High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. </font><font face="Arial"></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong></strong></font><font face="Arial"><strong>Suzanne Hurtubise</strong> becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development in Paris.<strong></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>C. Richard Mann</strong> becomes Ambassador to the State of Kuwait.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Peter McKellar</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>John Mundy</strong> becomes Consul General in Sydney, the Commonwealth of Australia.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Guillermo E. Rishchynski</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>John Robinson</strong> becomes High Commissioner to Jamaica with concurrent accreditation as Commissioner to
the British Dependent Territories of the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Susan Ann Thompson</strong> becomes Consul General in Minneapolis, the United States of America.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Christopher Westdal</strong> becomes Alternate Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the Office of the
United Nations, and Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations for Disarmament.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">Biographical notes on the appointees are attached.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">For further information, media representatives may contact:</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Debora Brown</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">(613) 995-1851</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Media Relations Office</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">(613) 995-1874</font><font face="Arial"></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong>BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"></font><font face="Arial"><strong>James K. Bartleman</strong> (BA Honours [History], University of Western Ontario, 1963) joined the Department of
External Affairs in 1966. He is a member of the Chippewas of Rama First Nation and received his early
education in Port Carling, Muskoka. He has served abroad in Bogotá, Bangkok, and Dhaka, and at the North
Atlantic Council in Brussels. From 1981 to 1983, he was Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba, and from 1986
to 1990, he served as Ambassador to the State of Israel. In 1990, he returned to Brussels to serve as
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council. At headquarters in Ottawa, Mr.
Bartleman has held numerous positions, including Director General, Bureau of Intelligence Analysis and
Security, and Director General, Economic Intelligence Bureau. From 1994 to 1998, he was Foreign Policy
Advisor to the Prime Minister and Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet for Foreign and Defence Policy, Privy
Council Office. Since 1998, he has served as High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa. He is married
to Marie Jeanne Bartleman and they have three children. Mr. Bartleman succeeds Brian Schumacher.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong></strong></font><font face="Arial"><strong>Stewart Beck</strong> (BA, Queen's University, 1975; BPHE, Queen's University, 1975; MBA, Queen's University,
1979) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1982 as a Trade Commissioner after several years spent
working as a business consultant and as Assistant Professor at Queen's University School of Business. He
has served abroad in San Francisco, Santa Clara (California) and Miami. Upon returning to Ottawa in 1993, he
undertook an assignment in the East Asia Trade Division. Since 1995, Mr. Beck has been Executive Deputy
Director of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei. He is married to Brenda Beck and they have two sons. Mr.
Beck succeeds Edward Lipman. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Daniel K. Daley</strong> (BA, McMaster University, 1972; LLB, Queen's University, 1978) joined the Department of
Justice in 1978 and moved to the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1980. After joining the
Department of External Affairs in 1981, he has served abroad as Trade Commissioner in Rome and Seoul. In
Ottawa, Mr. Daley has served as Deputy Director, Export Controls Division; Deputy Director, Services and
General Trade Policy Division; and Associate General Counsel, Trade Law Division. In the latter capacity, he
was Canada's Principal Legal Counsel for the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement. Since 1997, Mr. Daley has
served as Director, Access to Information and Privacy Protection Division. He is married to Patty Goodfellow-Daley and they have one daughter. Mr. Daley succeeds Louise Léger.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Peter Donolo</strong> (BA Honours, Carleton University, 1981) has served as Director of Communications in the Prime
Minister's Office since 1993. He has been a senior member of Canadian delegations on trade missions and at
international summits and conferences over the last six years. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Donolo was Director of
Communications in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition. He served as Communications Advisor to the
Mayor of Toronto from 1989 to 1991. Prior to that he was senior writer at Communiqué Ltd. in Toronto (1987-1989), and copywriter at Wallace-Saffer Advertising in Montreal (1984-1987). Mr. Donolo is married to Mary
Cruden and they have three children. He succeeds Ian McLean.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong></strong></font><font face="Arial"><strong>Ian C. Ferguson</strong> (BA Honours, University of Alberta, 1972) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1972
and has served abroad in Brasilia, Dakar, Damascus, and in Pretoria as Minister-Counsellor and Consul. From
1978 to 1979, Mr. Ferguson studied at the École Nationale d'Administration in Paris. In Ottawa, Mr. Ferguson
has served in the United Nations Division; West and Central Africa Division; Human Rights, Women's Equality
and Social Affairs Division; and as Director, Francophone Africa and Maghreb Relations Division. Since 1996,
Mr. Ferguson has been Director, Federal-Provincial Relations Division. Canada's High Commission to Nigeria
was reopened earlier this year.</font><font face="Arial"></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"></font><font face="Arial"><strong>Suzanne Hurtubise</strong> (BA [Economics], Carleton University, 1974; MA [Economics], Carleton University, 1976)
joined the Department of Finance as an economist in 1976. From 1980 to 1981, she served as an economist
for the National Assembly of Quebec and, the following year, as Assistant Secretary of the Board of the
Canadian Industrial Renewal Board. From 1982 to 1985, she was Chief of the 6 & 5 Program, Director of the
Consultations Division, and, subsequently, Assistant Director of the Social Policy Division at the Department of
Finance. In 1986, she became Director of Operations for Economic and Regional Development Policy at the
Privy Council Office, a position she held until 1988, when she became Director General of Surface Policy and
Programs at the Department of Transport. From 1990 to 1991, Ms. Hurtubise served as Assistant Deputy
Minister for Corporate Policy and Strategic Planning in the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs,
and, from 1991 to 1993, she was Deputy Secretary for Constitutional Affairs in the Federal-Provincial Relations
Office. In 1993, she was appointed Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet for Plans and Consultation in the Privy
Council Office, becoming Associate Secretary to the Cabinet in 1994. In July 1995, Ms. Hurtubise was
appointed Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Ms. Hurtubise succeeds Kimon Valaskakis.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>C. Richard Mann</strong> (BSc, University of Toronto, 1967; MBA, University of Toronto, 1969) joined the Trade
Commissioner Service of the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1969 and has served abroad in
Manila, Chicago and Cairo, as well as in New York with the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United
Nations. From 1987 to 1990, he served as Minister-Counsellor (Commercial) in Seoul, and from 1991 to 1994,
as Minister-Counsellor (Commercial) in Moscow. In Ottawa, he has held the positions of Director, East Asia
Trade Development Division, and from 1994 to 1996, he was Director, Trade Development Operations Division.
Since 1996, Mr. Mann has served as Ambassador to Kazakhstan. He is married to Gloria Mann and they have
two children. Mr. Mann succeeds Terence Colfer.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Peter McKellar</strong> (BA, Carleton University, 1963) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1966 and has
served abroad in Paris, Yaoundé, Mexico City and Washington, and at the Canadian Consulate General in New
York. From 1993 to 1997, he served in Vienna as Minister-Counsellor and as Ambassador and Deputy Head of
the Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. In Ottawa, </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Mr. McKellar undertook assignments in the French Africa and Aid and Export Financing Policy Divisions, and
from 1970 to 1972, served as Attaché at Government House. From 1984 to 1988, he was Director, Energy and
Environment Division. Since 1997, </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Mr. McKellar has been Director, Central Europe Division. Mr. McKellar becomes Canada's first resident
Ambassador to Latvia.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>John Mundy</strong> (BA [Politics and Economics], Queen's University, 1973; Certificat pratique, Université de Dijon,
1974; MBA, University of Western Ontario, 1977) joined the Canadian Foreign Service as a Trade
Commissioner in 1977 and has served abroad in Seoul, Manila, Islamabad and Brussels. In Ottawa, he was
seconded to the Export Development Corporation from 1983 to 1985. From 1987 to 1990, he undertook an
assignment in the Export Finance and Capital Project Division. From 1994 to 1997, he was Director,
International Finance Division, and since 1997, has been Director, Korea and Oceania Division. He is married
to Leanne Mundy and they have three children. Mr. Mundy succeeds Alan Virtue.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Guillermo E. Rishchynski</strong> (BA, McGill University, 1975) joined the Department of External Affairs as a Trade
Commissioner in 1982 after several years in the private sector, and has served abroad in Rio de Janeiro, São
Paulo, Amman, Melbourne and Jakarta. In Ottawa, he was Deputy Director, Latin America and Caribbean
Trade Division, from 1989 to 1992. From 1996 to 1997, he was Director of the Team Canada Task Force. Since
1997, Mr. Rishchynski has been Deputy Consul General and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian
Consulate General in Chicago. He is married to </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Jeanette Portillo Tinoco and they have two children. Mr. Rishchynski succeeds William Ross. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>John Robinson</strong> (BA Honours [History], University of Western Ontario, 1964; MA [History], University of
Western Ontario, 1966; PhD studies, University of London, 1966-1968) joined the Department of External
Affairs in 1968 and has served abroad in Geneva, Kingston, and Abidjan. From 1977 to 1979, he was Canadian
Executive Director of the African Development Fund. In Ottawa, he undertook assignments in the Economic
Relations with Developing Countries Division and at the Office of the Ottawa Economic Summit before joining
the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in 1981 as Regional Director, Caribbean. At CIDA, he
served as Senior Country Program Director, Americas, from 1982 to 1985 and as Vice-President, Americas,
from 1985 to 1993. Since 1993, Mr. Robinson has been Vice-President, Policy. He succeeds Gavin Stewart.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Susan Ann Thompson</strong> (BA, University of Winnipeg, 1971) was elected Mayor of Winnipeg in 1992 and held
that office until 1998. Ms. Thompson owned a family business, Birt Saddlery, from 1980 to 1995. She has been
active in a large number of organizations, including the Downtown Winnipeg Association, Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra, Winnipeg 2000, the Economic Council of Canada, the Winnipeg Foundation, The Urban Idea
Centre, and the Interfaith Pastoral Institute. She has served on the boards of the Canada West Foundation and
the University of Manitoba Faculty of Management. Ms. Thompson has been actively involved in the Canada-U.S. mid-continent corridor discussions, aimed at facilitating transportation, trade and investment links. Ms.
Thompson succeeds Robert Déry.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Christopher Westdal</strong> (BA [Political Science], St. John's College, 1968; MBA [Public Policy], University of
Manitoba, 1970) joined the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in 1973, after serving in Dar-es-Salaam with a University of Toronto Economic Advisory Team. He has served abroad in New Delhi, and
from 1982 to 1985, was High Commissioner to Bangladesh. In 1991, Mr. Westdal was named Ambassador to
the Republic of South Africa, a position he held until 1993. From 1995 to 1998, he was Ambassador to Ukraine.
In Ottawa, he undertook assignments at CIDA and served as Regional Director, East Africa, from 1979 to 1982.
From 1987 to 1991, he was Director General, International Organizations Bureau, at the Department of
External Affairs, and in 1994, he was named Ambassador for Disarmament. In addition to his headquarters
experience, Mr. Westdal twice served at the Privy Council Office, first as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet
Committee on Foreign and Defence Policy from 1977 to 1979, and again from 1986 to 1987 with the Foreign
Policy and Defence Secretariat. Since 1998, he has been Special Advisor, African Strategy. He is married to
Sheila Hayes. Mr. Westdal succeeds Mark Moher. </font></p>
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