List of ambassadors of Canada to Colombia
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| Ambassador of Canada to Colombia | |
|---|---|
Incumbent Marianick Tremblay since September 17, 2021 | |
| Seat | Embassy of Canada, Bogata |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Canada |
| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Edmond Turcotte |
| Formation | November 22, 1952 |
The ambassador of Canada to Colombia is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Colombia. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Republic of Colombia. The ambassador of Canada to Colombia is Marianick Tremblay who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on September 17, 2021.[1]
The Embassy of Canada is located at Cra. 7, No. 114-33, Piso 14, Bogotá, D.C. Colombia.
History of diplomatic relations[edit]
Diplomatic relations between Canada and Colombia were established on November 6, 1952, with the first ambassador, Edmond Turcotte, appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent on November 22, 1952.[2]
List of ambassadors[edit]
| No. | Name | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start Date | PoC. | End Date | ||||||
| 1 | Edmond Turcotte | November 22, 1952 | April 9, 1952 | November 16, 1955 | Non-Career | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | ||
| - | Wilfrid Bertram McCullough (Chargé d'Affaires) | November 16, 1955 | April 5, 1957 | Career | ||||
| 2 | Robert Arthur Douglass Ford | January 17, 1957 | April 5, 1957 | December 13, 1958 | Career | |||
| 3 | Jean Morin | April 14, 1959 | June 11, 1959 | June 2, 1961 | Non-Career | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) | ||
| 4 | Theodore Francis Moorhouse Newton | July 31, 1961 | October 4, 1961 | January 29, 1964 | Career | |||
| 5 | Ormond Wilson Dier | July 3, 1964 | October 7, 1964 | March 2, 1967 | Career | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | ||
| 6 | John Harrison Cleveland | April 19, 1967 | June 28, 1967 | July 11, 1970 | Career | |||
| 7 | Sidney Allan Freifeld | May 28, 1970 | June 20, 1975 | Career | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |||
| 8 | Pierre Robert Garceau | October 21, 1975 | September 9, 1977 | Non-Career | ||||
| 9 | David Benson Laughton | October 27, 1977 | December 1, 1977 | December 18, 1979 | Career | |||
| - | Laughton Donohue (Chargé d'Affaires) | December 1, 1979 | August 1980 | Career | ||||
| 10 | George Douglas Valentine | July 10, 1980 | September 25, 1980 | Career | ||||
| 11 | John Edward Guy (Ted) Gibson | October 13, 1983 | August 28, 1987 | Career | ||||
| 12 | Gaëtan Lavertu | July 13, 1987 | October 26, 1987 | September 29, 1989 | Career | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | ||
| 13 | Dean John Browne | September 29, 1989 | October 24, 1989 | Career | ||||
| 14 | Archibald Duncan McArthur | August 6, 1993 | Career | Kim Campbell (1993) | ||||
| 15 | Charles William Ross | June 3, 1996 | August 14, 1999 | Career | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |||
| 16 | Guillermo Rishchynski | June 10, 1999 | June 14, 1999 | August 30, 2002 | Career | |||
| 17 | Jean-Marc Duval | July 2, 2002 | October 2002 | July 26, 2005 | Career | |||
| 18 | Matthew Levin | June 21, 2005 | November 15, 2005 | July 24, 2008 | Career | Paul Martin (2003-2006) | ||
| 19 | Geneviève des Rivières | September 2, 2008 | January 23, 2009 | September 1, 2011 | Career | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | ||
| 20 | Timothy Martin | July 19, 2011 | October 25, 2011 | December 15, 2013 | Career | |||
| 21 | Carmen Sylvain | February 18, 2014 | June 11, 2014 | July 26, 2016 | Career | |||
| 22 | Donald Bobiash | July 18, 2016 | November 15, 2016 | January 31, 2017 | Career | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | ||
| 23 | Marcel Lebleu | August 17, 2017 | October 10, 2017 | September 19, 2021 | Career | |||
| 24 | Marianick Tremblay | September 17, 2021 | October 27, 2021 | Career | [1] | |||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Orders In Council PC 2021-0906". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. September 17, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ DeLong 2020, p. 27.
- Bibliography
- DeLong, Linwood (2020). A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 (PDF). Calgary: Canadian Global Affairs Institute. ISBN 978-1-77397-115-5.
External links[edit]
- "Heads of Post List – Colombia". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada.