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<p><font size="+1"></font><font size="+1"><strong>July 16, 2003 <em>(11:00 a.m. EDT)</em> No. 100</strong></font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font size="+1"><strong>DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS</strong></font></p>
<p>Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointments:</p>
<p><strong>Jocelyne Bourgon</strong> becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development in Paris.</p>
<p><strong>Alexandra Bugailiskis</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba.</p>
<p><strong>Lorenz Friedlaender</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden.</p>
<p><strong>Laurette Glasgow</strong> becomes Consul General in the Principality of Monaco, with residence in Paris as Minister.</p>
<p><strong>Louis Guay</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic.</p>
<p><strong>John T. Holmes</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.</p>
<p><strong>Jean-Pierre Juneau</strong> becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels.</p>
<p><strong>Bruce Jutzi</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Czech Republic.</p>
<p><strong>Richard Kohler</strong> becomes Consul General in Sydney (Commonwealth of Australia).</p>
<p><strong>Suzanne Laporte</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil.</p>
<p><strong>Gaëtan Lavertu</strong> becomes Ambassador to the United Mexican States.</p>
<p><strong>Randolph Mank</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.</p>
<p><strong>Malcolm McKechnie</strong> becomes Consul General in Atlanta (United States of America).</p>
<p><strong>Paul Meyer</strong> becomes Alternate Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the Office of the United Nations, and
Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.</p>
<p><strong>Richard Têtu</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland.</p>
<p><strong>Claudio Valle</strong> becomes High Commissioner in Jamaica, with concurrent accreditation to Belize.</p>
<p><strong>Christopher Westdal</strong> becomes Ambassador to the Russian Federation.</p>
<p><strong>Shelley Whiting</strong> becomes Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.</p>
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<p>Biographical notes on the appointees are attached.</p>
<p>For further information, media representatives may contact:</p>
<p>Isabelle Savard</p>
<p>Director of Communications</p>
<p>Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</p>
<p>(613) 995-1851</p>
<p>Media Relations Office</p>
<p>Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</p>
<p>(613) 995-1874</p>
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<p align="CENTER"><font size="+1"><strong>BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES</strong></font></p>
<p><strong>Jocelyne Bourgon</strong> (studies in science and management, University of Montreal and University of Ottawa), joined the
public service in 1974. From 1975 to 1989, she held several positions of increasing responsibility within the Department of
Fisheries and Oceans, the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion and the Federal-Provincial Relations Office. In
1989, Ms. Bourgon was appointed Deputy Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, and from 1989 to 1994 she was
Secretary to the Cabinet for the Federal-Provincial Relations Office, President of the Canadian International Development
Agency and Deputy Minister of Transport. In 1994, Ms. Bourgon became the first woman to be appointed Clerk of the
Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet. She served in these positions, as well as that of Head of the Public Service of
Canada, until 1999. She has been President of the Canadian Centre for Management Development since 1999. In December
1998, Ms. Bourgon was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council in recognition of her contribution to Canada, and in 2001
she received the Order of Canada and the Ordre de la Pléiade. She has received honorary degrees from the University of
Ottawa, Mount St. Vincent University, Queen's University, the University of Guelph and Carleton University for her
contribution to public administration. Ms. Bourgon succeeds Suzanne Hurtubise.</p>
<p><strong>Alexandra Bugailiskis</strong> (BA, Honours, Carleton University, 1979; MA, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs,
1992) entered the Foreign Service in 1982 and served abroad in Accra and Guatemala. In Ottawa, she held a number of
positions including Director, Caribbean and Central America Division. In 1997, she was named Ambassador to Syria, a
position she held until 2000, when she became Director General of the Latin America and Caribbean Bureau. From August
2002 to April 2003, she served at the Privy Council Office as Coordinator of the Task Force on the International Policy
Framework. She is married to Lt. Col. Alexander Fieglar and they have two children. Ms. Bugailiskis succeeds Michael
Small.</p>
<p><strong>Lorenz Friedlaender</strong> (BA, Saint Mary's University, 1965; MA, Dalhousie University, 1971) joined the Department of
External Affairs in 1971 and served abroad at the Canadian Permanent Delegation to the North Atlantic Council, in
Brussels, at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations, in New York, and in Prague, Brussels and Bonn,
where he was Minister from 1993 to 1997. In 1987, he attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. In
Ottawa, he held a number of positions including Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister (Political Affairs); Director,
Caribbean and Central America Relations Division; and Director, Central and Eastern Europe Relations Division. From
1997 to 1999, he served at the Privy Council Office as Director of Strategic Planning, Foreign and Defence Policy
Secretariat, becoming Assistant Secretary, Policy and Strategy, Intergovernmental Affairs, in 1999. In 2000, he returned to
the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade as Head of Policy Planning, Policy Planning Secretariat, a
position he held until earlier this year. He is married to Suzanne Friedlaender and they have three children. Mr. Friedlaender
succeeds Philippe Kirsch, who retired in April of this year following his election as President of the International Criminal
Court.</p>
<p><strong>Laurette Glasgow</strong> (BA [Political Science], University of Manitoba; MA [International Economics], Johns Hopkins
University) joined the Public Service in 1971. Between 1971 and 1982, she held positions, in turn, at the Department of
Communications, the Treasury Board Secretariat and the Department of Finance. In 1982, she joined the Department of
External Affairs and held a number of positions including Senior Adviser, Cabinet Liaison; Deputy Director, International
Economic Relations and Summits Division; and from 1994 to 1999, Director, International Economic Relations and
Summits Division. From 1987 to 1992, she served at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., in the economic section.
Since 1999, she has been Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the Canadian Mission to the European
Community, in Brussels. She is married to Ross Glasgow and they have two children. Mrs. Glasgow succeeds Ian McLean.</p>
<p><strong>Louis Guay</strong> (MScCom, University of Sherbrooke, 1973) joined the Foreign Service in 1973 and served abroad in Mexico,
Athens, Yaoundé, Caracas, Kinshasa and Santo Domingo. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Guay took leave from the government
and headed a major vocational training project in Cameroon for Sofati Ltd., a Montreal-based firm. From 1996 to 1999, he
was Director General of a Vancouver-based mining company in the Dominican Republic pursuing the privatization of a
major gold deposit. In Ottawa, he held a number of positions including in the Strategic Planning Division, the United
Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division, and the West and Central Africa Division. Since 2000, he has served at the
Privy Council Office as Senior Adviser, International Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs. He is married to Mai Juris and
they have five children. Mr. Guay succeeds Louis Poisson.</p>
<p><strong>John T. Holmes</strong> (BA, McGill University, 1978; LLB, McGill University, 1982) joined the Department of External Affairs
in 1982 and served abroad in Bridgetown, in Accra and in New York at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United
Nations. In Ottawa, he held a number of positions including Director, Legal Advisory Division. Since 2002, he has served
as Director of the United Nations, Human Rights and Economic Law Division. He is married to Carol Bujeau and they have
two children. Mr. Holmes succeeds Roderick Bell.</p>
<p><strong>Jean-Pierre Juneau</strong> (BA, Collège des Jésuites, 1965; BA [Political Science], Laval University, 1968; MA [Political
Science/International Relations], Laval University, 1969) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1969 and served
abroad in Havana, Paris, Washington, D.C., and again in Paris as Minister-Counsellor from 1985 to 1988. In 1991, he was
named Ambassador to Spain, a position he held until 1994, and from 1996 to 2000 he served as Ambassador to the
European Union. In Ottawa, Mr. Juneau held a number of positions including Director General, Western Europe Bureau,
and Assistant Deputy Minister, Europe Branch. Since 2000, he has served as Ambassador to Brazil. He is married to
Emitza Escobar-Jurado and they have two children. Mr. Juneau succeeds David Wright.</p>
<p><strong>Bruce Jutzi </strong>(BA, Goshen College, 1963; MA, University of Toronto, 1972) joined the Department of External Affairs in
1972. He taught secondary school in Kitchener, Ontario, from 1963 to 1967, and from 1967 to 1969 he was Director of the
Mennonite Central Committee refugee assistance program in Hong Kong. He served abroad in Beijing (twice), Warsaw and
Washington, D.C. In Ottawa, he held a number of positions including Director, Political/Economic Personnel Division;
Director, Korea and East Asia Oceania Division; and Director, China and Mongolia Division. Since 2000, he has served as
Director General of the North Asia and Pacific Bureau. He is married to Pearl Scheifele Jutzi and they have two children.
Mr. Jutzi succeeds Margaret Huber.</p>
<p><strong>Richard Kohler </strong>(BA, Carleton University, 1970; Dipl., York Professional Management Institute, 1981) joined the
Canadian Government Office of Tourism in 1966 and served abroad in Sydney and Los Angeles. After joining the Trade
Commissioner Service in 1972, he served in Paris (twice), São Paulo, Bucharest and Bangkok. In Ottawa, he held a number
of positions including Director of the Training and Development Division, Director of the Trade Commissioner Service
Personnel Division, and Director of the Africa and Middle East Trade Development Division. From 1994 to 1998, he was
Chief Information Officer and Director General of the Information Management and Technology Bureau. In 1998, he was
named Ambassador to Brazil, a position he held until 2000. Since 2000, he has served as Chief of Protocol. He is married
to Edwina Kohler and they have two children. Mr. Kohler succeeds John M. Mundy.</p>
<p><strong>Suzanne Laporte </strong>(BA, BEd, University of Ottawa, 1971) joined the Department of Communications in 1972. In 1979, she
joined the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and served abroad in Abidjan and in Paris, at the Canadian
Permanent Delegation to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. In Ottawa, at CIDA, she held the
positions of Director General, North Africa and the Middle East Division; Senior Adviser, Transition Team; and Director
General, Strategic Management--Americas. In 1994, she was named Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, a position she held until
1998. At the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, she served from 1998 to 1999 as Director General of
the Global and Human Issues Bureau and from 1999 to 2002 as Assistant Deputy Minister, Human Resources. She is
married to Denis Franco and they have one child. Ms. Laporte succeeds Jean-Pierre Juneau.</p>
<p><strong>Gaëtan Lavertu</strong> (MA [Political Science/International Relations], Laval University, 1968; MBA, University of Western
Ontario, 1969; MPA, École nationale d'administration publique, 1974) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1969
after serving as an officer in the Canadian Navy. He served abroad in Madrid, Rabat, Caracas and at the Permanent Mission
of Canada to the European Community in Brussels. In 1987, he was named Ambassador to Colombia, a position he held
until 1989, and from 1989 to 1992 he was Deputy High Commissioner in London. From 1996 to 2000, he served as
Ambassador to Germany. In Ottawa, Mr. Lavertu held a number of positions including Senior Assistant to the Deputy
Minister (Foreign Policy), Director of Intelligence Analysis, Director General of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, and
Assistant Deputy Minister, Political and International Security Affairs Branch. From 1994 to 1996, he served as Associate
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since 2000, he has been Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is married to Donate
Lavertu and they have two children. Mr. Lavertu succeeds Keith Christie.</p>
<p><strong>Randolph Mank </strong>(BA [Political Science], Wilfrid Laurier University, 1977; MA [Political Science], Wilfrid Laurier
University, 1979; PhD research [Economics], London School of Economics, 1981) joined the Department of External
Affairs in 1981 and served abroad in Athens, Stockholm, Jakarta and Tokyo. In Ottawa, he held a number of positions
including Deputy Director and Acting Director, Japan Division, and Director, Policy Planning Division. He is married to
Fumiko Kitano-Mank and they have two children. Mr. Mank succeeds Ferry de Kerckhove.</p>
<p><strong>Malcolm McKechnie </strong>(BA, Honours, York University, 1967; graduate studies, University of Toulouse, 1970-71) joined the
Department of External Affairs in 1971 and served abroad in Mexico, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C.,
and Rome, where he was Minister-Counsellor from 1998 to 2002. In 1976-77, he attended l'École nationale
d'administration in Paris. In Ottawa, he held a number of positions including Director, United States Transboundary
Division, and Director, Media Relations Division. Since 2002, he has been Director General of the Communications
Bureau. Mr. McKechnie succeeds Astrid Pregel.</p>
<p><strong>Paul Meyer </strong>(BA [Political Science], University of Toronto, 1974; MA [Political Science], University of Toronto, 1975)
joined the Department of External Affairs in 1975 and served abroad in Oslo, Moscow and Brussels, at the Canadian
Delegation to the North Atlantic Council. From 1992 to 1997, he served in Washington, D.C., as Minister-Counsellor
(Political). In Ottawa, he held a number of positions, primarily in the field of international security policy. In 1997-98, he
was Director, Regional Security and Peacekeeping Division, and in 1998 he became Director General of the International
Security Bureau, a position he held until 2001. Since 2001, he has served at the embassy in Tokyo, as Minister. He is
married to Judy Meyer and they have three children. Mr. Meyer succeeds Christopher Westdal.</p>
<p><strong>Richard Têtu</strong> (BL(L), University of Montreal, 1972) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1972 and served abroad
in Geneva, Dakar, Bonn (twice), at the Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, and in Bangkok.
In Ottawa, he served in a number of positions in the Legal Affairs Bureau, as Director of the Consular Policy Division and
as Director of the West and Central Africa Division. Since 2001, he has been Senior Departmental Assistant in the Office
of the Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa) (Francophonie). He is married to Carole Dupuis and they have two
children. Mr. Têtu succeeds Gerald Skinner.</p>
<p><strong>Claudio Valle</strong> (BScSoc, University of Ottawa, 1971) joined Statistics Canada in 1971, moved to the Department of
Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1974, and became a Foreign Service Officer in 1981. He served abroad in Jakarta, in
Brussels at the Permanent Mission to the European Community and in Kingston (twice). In Ottawa, he held a number of
positions including Director and Deputy Textile Negotiator, Import Controls I Division; Director, Subsidies Trade
Remedies Division; and Director, Special Trade Policy Division. Since 2000, he has been Director, Technical Barriers and
Regulations Division. He is married to Louise Valle and they have two children. Mr. Valle succeeds John Robinson.</p>
<p><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 served abroad in New Delhi, and from 1982 to 1985 was High
Commissioner to Bangladesh. In 1991, Mr. Westdal was named Ambassador to South Africa, a position he held until 1993.
From 1996 to 1998, he served as 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
1998-99, he was Special Adviser, African Strategy. Mr. Westdal also served on two occasions at the Privy Council Office,
first as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Defence Policy, and again with the Foreign Policy and
Defence Secretariat. Since 1999, he has been Alternate Permanent Representative, Ambassador to the Office of the United
Nations, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Convention on Disarmament in Geneva. He is married to
Sheila Hayes. Mr. Westdal succeeds Rod Irwin.</p>
<p><strong>Shelley Whiting</strong> (BSc, University of Alberta, 1981; LLB, University of British Columbia, 1987) joined the Department of
External Affairs in 1989 and served abroad in Belgrade and Bangkok. In Ottawa, she held positions in the International
Security and Defence Relations Division, the Oceans, Environmental and Economic Law Division, and the Legal Advisory
Division. Since 2002, she has served as Deputy Director of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Section of the United
Nations, Criminal Law and Treaty Law Division. Ms. Whiting succeeds Sam Hanson.</p>
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