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Past Canadian Ambassadors to the United Nations
The following is a list in reverse chronological order of the diplomats who have had the honour of serving as Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative or Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) to the United Nations in New York.Clicking on hyperlinked names will take you to a biography.
- John McNee (July 2006 - July 2011)
- Henri-Paul Normandin (DPR, August 2008 - October 2010)
- Allan Rock (January 2004 - June 2006)
- Gilbert Laurin (DPR, July 2002 - July 2006)
- Paul Heinbecker (August 2000 - January 2004)
- Robert Fowler (January 1995 - August 2000)
- Louise Fréchette (January 1992 - December 1994)
- Yves Fortier (August 1988 - December 1991)
- Stephen Lewis (August 1984 - August 1988)
- Gérard Pelletier (May 1981 - August 1984)
- Michel Dupuy (April 1980 - May 1981)
- William H. Barton (August 1976 - April 1980)
- Saul F. Rae (July 1972 - July 1976)
- Yvon Beaulne (February 1969 - June 1972)
- George Ignatieff (July 1966 - February 1969)
- Pierre Tremblay (July 1962 - June 1966)
- Charles S.A. Ritchie (January 1958 - February 1962)
- R.A. Mackay (August 1995 - November 1957)
- David M. Johnson (November 1951 -August 1955)
- R.G. Riddell (June 1950 - June 1951)
- John W. Holmes (January 1950 - June 1950)
- General Andrew McNaughton (January 1948 - December 1949)
