List of ambassadors of Canada to Colombia

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.

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 Embassy of Canada is located at Cra. 7, No. 114-33, Piso 14, Bogotá, D.C. Colombia.

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Canada–Colombia relations

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.

List of ambassadors

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

See also

• Canada–Colombia relations

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 – Colombia". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada.