Prime Minister announces a change in the senior ranks of the Public Service

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the following change in the senior ranks of the Public Service:

James Lahey, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, becomes Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Public Service Renewal), Privy Council Office.

This appointment will be effective on April 16, 2007.

Biographical notes attached.

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JAMES LAHEY

Date of Birth:
August 1949

Education:
B.A., History and Political Science, University of Toronto
M.A., Canadian History, University of Ottawa

Professional Experience

December 2004 - Present
Associate Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

2001 - 2004
Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board

1999 - 2001
Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources Development

1998 - 1999
Deputy Secretary (Intergovernmental Policy), Privy Council Office

1994 - 1998
Assistant Deputy Minister, Labour, then Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Department of Human Resources Development

1990 - 1994
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Department of Labour, then Executive Manager, Communications and Renewal, Department of Human Resources Development

1988 - 1990
Director General, Security Policy and Operations Directorate, Department of the Solicitor General

1985 - 1988
Director General, Executive Support Services, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs

1982 - 1985
Director, Strategic Planning, and Director, Policy Planning and Development, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs

1979 - 1982
Liaison Officer, Management Practices, Office of the Comptroller General of Canada

1976 - 1979
Consultant, then Senior Consultant, Bureau of Management Consulting, Department of Supply and Services

1973 - 1976
Executive Assistant to the Director of the Prairie Region (Winnipeg), then Program Analyst, Program Implementation, Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs