List of ambassadors of Canada to Syria
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The ambassador of Canada to Syria, who wolds the title of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, is Canada's foremost diplomatic representative in Syria, and in charge of Canada's diplomatic mission in the Syrian Arab Republic.
List of heads of mission
editList:[1]
No. | Name | Term of office | ||
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Appointment Date | PoC. | End Date | ||
1 | John Ryerson Maybee | 29 April 1965 | 27 May 1965 | 1 August 1967 |
2 | Christian Hardy | 26 July 1967 | 6 November 1967 | 30 August 1969 |
3 | Jacques Gilles Bruno Gignac | 14 January 1970 | 23 February 1970 | 28 August 1974 |
4 | Léopold Henri Amyot | 10 June 1974 | 11 November 1974 | 7 January 1976 |
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(Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) |
Alan William Sullivan[a] | January 1976 | - | September 1976 |
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(Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) |
Howard Barham Singleton | September 1976 | - | 1 October 1977 |
5 | Joseph Gilles André Couvrette | 31 August 1977 | 29 December 1977 | 27 September 1978 |
6 | Théodore Jean Arcand | 21 December 1978 | 7 May 1979 | 7 August 1982 |
7 | Robert David Jackson | 22 September 1982 | 4 October 1983 | 1984[citation needed] |
8 | Keith William MacLellan[b] | 18 October 1984 | 1985[citation needed] | |
9 | Jacques Noiseux[c] | 28 August 1985 | 29 October 1985 | 7 July 1987 |
10 | Gary Richard Harman | 13 July 1987 | 4 January 1988 | 9 August 1990 |
11 | David Martin Collacott | 15 September 1990 | 18 December 1990 | 1993[citation needed] |
12 | John A. McNee | 15 December 1993 | 22 December 1994 | 14 July 1997 |
13 | Alexandra Bugailiskis | 10 July 1997 | 30 May 1999 | 4 August 2000 |
14 | Franco D. Pillarella | 26 July 2000 | 23 November 2000 | 2003[citation needed] |
15 | Brian Davis | 31 July 2003 | 2006[citation needed] | |
16 | Mark Bailey | 14 June 2006 | 3 October 2006 | 2008[citation needed] |
17 | Glenn Davidson | 2 September 2008 | 2012 | |
- | Vacant[d] |
See Also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Canadian Heads of Mission Abroad since 1800 - Posting Dashboard: Syria". Government of Canada. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Canada announces new heads of mission". Government of Canada. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
Notes
edit- ^ In March 1976, it was announced that Canada had removed all Embassy staff and the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. from its Embassy in Beirut, because of the dangerous conditions in Lebanon. Diplomatic relations continued between Lebanon and Canada, and were handled through the Embassy and staff in Amman, Jordan, which was also representing Canadian interests with regard to both Jordan and Syria. Mr. Singleton was resident in Jordan from 4 September 1976 to 3 August 1977. In August 1977, the Embassy in Beirut reopened, initially under the direction of a Chargé d’Affaires a.i. In October 1977, Mr. Couvrette took charge as Ambassador.[1]
- ^ Effective 16 September 1984, the post of accreditation for Syria was changed from Lebanon to Jordan. This followed the restructuring of the Embassies in Lebanon and Jordan which resulted in an increase in manpower at the Embassy in Jordan. As Ambassador to Jordan, Keith William MacLellan was concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Syria, resident in Jordan.[1]
- ^ Jacques Noiseux became the first resident Canadian Ambassador to Syria, when a Canadian Embassy was established in Damascus in 1985. On 24 October 1986 it was announced that the Canadian Ambassador to Syria had been recalled, following the action of the British, in order to show the government’s disapproval of Syria’s alleged terrorist activities. On 17 February 1987, it was announced that Canada’s Ambassador to Syria would be returning to continue representation to that country.[1]
- ^ Canada closed its Embassy and Counsulate in Syria and severed diplomatic ties in 2012 with the onset of the Syrian Civil War.[2]