List of ambassadors of Canada to the European Union

The Mission of Canada to the European Union represents Canada and its interests in the European Union.

Description

With offices are at Avenue de Tervuren 2 in Brussels, Belgium (like the Canadian embassy), it employs representatives from Global Affairs Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Department of Justice.

It used to include the European Economic Community, the European Atomic Energy Community, and the European Coal and Steel Community. On 29 December 1959, Cabinet decided to seek the agreement of the three bodies to have Mr. Pierce accredited to them at the ambassadorial level. Mr. Pierce was already Canada's Ambassador to Belgium.

Ambassadors

List of Canadian ambassadors to the European Union with the rank and status of Head of Mission:

AmbassadorStart of TermEnd of Term
Sydney David PierceMarch 17, 1960October 31, 1965
Paul TremblayMay 13, 1966February 16, 1970
A. Randolph A. Gherson[1]February 17, 1970January 28, 1971
James Coningsby LangleyDecember 10, 1970June 28, 1975
Marcel Cadieux[2]March 27, 1975September 8, 1978
Richard Marcus TaitOctober 12, 1978September 9, 1982
Jacques GignacSeptember 22, 1982-
Robert K. Joyce[3]November 15, 1985-
Craig Thomas MacDonald[1]October 1986-
Daniel Albert Bernard MolgatJanuary 22, 1987September 23, 1991
Gordon Scott Smith1991August 12, 1994
Jacques Silva RoyAugust 30, 1994-
Jean-Pierre JuneauSeptember 11, 1996-
James BartlemanJuly 26, 2000-
Jeremy Kinsman[4]August 1, 2002-
Ross Hornby[4]June 14, 2006July 22, 2011
David Plunkett[5]July 22, 2011August 2015
Daniel Costello September 2015 -

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
  2. also styled as Ambassador
  3. died while in office
  4. 1 2 Styled as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  5. "Ambassador of Canada to the European Union". Government of Canada. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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