List of high commissioners of Canada to Cameroon

The ambassador of Canada to Cameroon is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Cameroon. The official title for the ambassador is High Commissioner for Canada in the Republic of Cameroon. The current Canadian ambassador is Lorraine Anderson who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on August 31, 2022.

High Commissioner for Canada in Cameroon
Incumbent Lorraine Anderson since August 31, 2022
Seat	High Commission of Canada, Yaoundé
Nominator	Prime Minister of Canada
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Fulgence Charpentier
Formation	March 1, 1962

The High Commission of Canada is located at 607 Street 1792, "Les Colonnades" Building, New Bastos, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between Canada and Cameroon are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Cameroon–Canada relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Cameroon was established on December 7, 1961. Fulgence Charpentier was appointed as Canada's first ambassador in Cameroon on March 1, 1962. Canada recognized Cameroon's entry into the Commonwealth on October 16, 1995, afterwards changing the title of ambassador to high commissioner.

List of heads of mission

No.	Name	Term of office			Career	Prime Minister nominated by		Ref.
		Start date	PoC.	End date
Styled as "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada"
1	Fulgence Charpentier	March 1, 1962	June 27, 1962	July 5, 1965	Career		John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963)
2	Georges-Henri Blouin	May 4, 1965	May 4, 1965	July 2, 1967	Career		Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968)
3	J.E. Thibault	September 28, 1967	September 23, 1967	September 23, 1969	Career
4	Charles Odilon Roger Rousseau	April 14, 1970	January 14, 1970	June 5, 1972	Career		Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979)
5	Pierre Léon Gérard Asselin	June 6, 1972	August 24, 1972	November 24, 1974	Career
6	Claude Charles-Edouard Châtillon	October 21, 1975	October 23, 1975	June 12, 1978	Career
7	Gilles Horace J. Duguay	July 13, 1978	August 29, 1978	September 3, 1980	Career
8	Jacques D.E. Denault	July 10, 1980	November 5, 1980	July 31, 1982	Career
9	Claude Jean Saint-Pierre	September 22, 1982	October 12, 1982		Career
10	Marc Faguy	August 31, 1984	November 19, 1984	September 5, 1987	Career		John Turner (1984)
11	André S. Simard	September 10, 1987	November 2, 1987	July 16, 1989	Career		Brian Mulroney (1984-1993)
12	Anne Leahy	October 12, 1989	November 16, 1989	March 10, 1992	Career
13	Arsène A. Després	August 27, 1992	January 5, 1993		Career
Canada recognized Cameroon's entry into the Commonwealth, title of Ambassador became "High Commissioner"
14	Pierre Giguère	July 4, 1995	September 22, 1995	1998	Career		Jean Chrétien (1993-2003)
15	Claude Baillargeon	July 15, 1998	2000	2002	Career
16	Michel Perrault	July 26, 2000	December 29, 2000	July 31, 2003	Career
17	Jules Savaria	September 15, 2003	December 27, 2003		Career
18	Jean-Pierre Lavoie	September 20, 2006	October 27, 2006	September 14, 2009	Career		Stephen Harper (2006-2015)
19	Jean-Carol Pelletier	September 10, 2009	January 4, 2010	September 20, 2011	Career
20	Benoît-Pierre Laramée	August 8, 2011	December 27, 2011	November 13, 2014	Career
21	René Cremonese	September 12, 2014	January 6, 2015	August 23, 2017	Career
22	Nathalie O'Neil	August 17, 2017	December 20, 2017	July 25, 2019	Career		Justin Trudeau (2015-Present)
23	Richard Bale	September 6, 2019			Career
24	Lorraine Anderson	August 31, 2022			Career

References

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

• "Heads of Post List – Cameroon". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada. June 5, 2014.