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<p><font size="+1"></font><font size="+1"><strong>October 21, 2003 <em>(2:15 p.m. EDT)</em> No. 162</strong></font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font size="+1"><strong>DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT</strong></font></p>
<p>Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointment:</p>
<p><strong>Bhupinder S. Liddar</strong> becomes Consul General in Chandigarh (Republic of India).</p>
<p align="CENTER">- 30 -</p>
<p>A biographical note on the appointee is 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 Note</strong></font></p>
<p><strong>Bhupinder S. Liddar</strong> (BA [International Relations], Rockford College, 1973; MA [Social Sciences], University of Illinois,
1975) has been Publisher/Editor of <em>Diplomat & International Canada </em>since 1989. He is the host of "The Diplomatic
World," a weekly panel discussion on current international issues broadcast on CPAC, and "The Diplomatic World"
columnist for <em>The Hill Times</em>. Mr. Liddar also wrote columns on diplomats for <em>The Ottawa Citizen</em> from 1977 to 1999, and
<em>The Ottawa Sun</em> from 1992 to 1994. From 1986 to 1988, he was Associate Editor of <em>International Perspectives</em>. He served
as a parliamentary research assistant from 1985 to 1988. Mr. Liddar is a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press
Gallery, the National Press Club of Canada, the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, the United Nations Association
in Canada and the Society for International Development. Mr. Liddar becomes Canada's first Consul General in
Chandigarh.</p>
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