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:
| Ambassador | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney David Pierce | March 17, 1960 | October 31, 1965 |
| Paul Tremblay | May 13, 1966 | February 16, 1970 |
| A. Randolph A. Gherson[1] | February 17, 1970 | January 28, 1971 |
| James Coningsby Langley | December 10, 1970 | June 28, 1975 |
| Marcel Cadieux[2] | March 27, 1975 | September 8, 1978 |
| Richard Marcus Tait | October 12, 1978 | September 9, 1982 |
| Jacques Gignac | September 22, 1982 | - |
| Robert K. Joyce[3] | November 15, 1985 | - |
| Craig Thomas MacDonald[1] | October 1986 | - |
| Daniel Albert Bernard Molgat | January 22, 1987 | September 23, 1991 |
| Gordon Scott Smith | 1991 | August 12, 1994 |
| Jacques Silva Roy | August 30, 1994 | - |
| Jean-Pierre Juneau | September 11, 1996 | - |
| James Bartleman | July 26, 2000 | - |
| Jeremy Kinsman[4] | August 1, 2002 | - |
| Ross Hornby[4] | June 14, 2006 | July 22, 2011 |
| David Plunkett[5] | July 22, 2011 | August 2015 |
| Daniel Costello | September 2015 | - |
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Notes
- 1 2 Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
- ↑ also styled as Ambassador
- ↑ died while in office
- 1 2 Styled as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- ↑ "Ambassador of Canada to the European Union". Government of Canada. Retrieved 8 June 2015.