October 2, 2006
No. 113
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the following diplomatic appointment:
Gilbert Laurin becomes Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in Paris.
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A biographical note is attached.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Gilbert Laurin (BA Honours, University of Manitoba, 1967; LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1975) joined the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission in 1980 and served abroad in Marseille, Paris and Damascus. From 1992 to 1994, he worked with the Senior Appointments Secretariat at the Privy Council Office, then moved to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, where he initially served in the Legal Operations Division. He served in Rome from 1997 to 2001, then was assigned to Canada's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in New York, as Minister-Counsellor. He is currently Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He is married to Maureen Girvan. Gilbert Laurin succeeds Yvon Charbonneau.
