List of ambassadors of Canada to Argentina

The ambassador of Canada to Argentina is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Argentina. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Argentine Republic. The current Canadian ambassador is Reid Sirrs who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 20, 2021.^[1]

Ambassador of Canada to Argentina
Incumbent Reid Sirrs since December 20, 2021
Seat	Embassy of Canada to Argentina, Buenos Aires
Nominator	Prime Minister of Canada
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon
Formation	July 31, 1941

The Embassy of Canada is located at Tagle 2828, C1425EEH Buenos Aires, Argentina.

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Argentina–Canada relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Argentina was established on November 14, 1940.^[2] A legation was established on November 13, 1941, and was raised to full embassy status on October 1, 1945.^[2] William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon was appointed as Canada's first Ambassador to Argentina on July 31, 1941.^[2]

List of ambassadors

No.	Name	Term of office			Career	Prime Minister nominated by		Ref.
		Start Date	PoC.	End Date
1	William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon	July 31, 1941	November 13, 1941	February 1, 1944	Non-Career		W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948)	[lower-alpha 1]
–	Kenneth Porter Kirkwood	February 1, 1944		October 1, 1945	Career			[lower-alpha 2]
2	Warwick Fielding Chipman	August 7, 1945	October 1, 1945	March 30, 1949	Non-Career
3	John Doherty Kearney	March 31, 1949	September 22, 1949	October 28, 1951	Non-Career		Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957)
–	Lionel Victor Joseph Roy	October 28, 1951		August 19, 1952	Career			[lower-alpha 2]
4	Léo Richer Laflèche	April 4, 1952	August 19, 1952	June 1, 1955	Non-Career
5	Louis-Philippe Picard	August 5, 1955	November 24, 1955	June 10, 1957	Non-Career
6	Richard Plant Bower	November 5, 1958	February 11, 1959	December 4, 1962	Career		John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963)
7	Léon Mayrand	November 29, 1962	January 31, 1963	February 23, 1964	Career
–	Edward Ritchie Bellemare	February 23, 1964		August 31, 1964	Career		Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968)	[lower-alpha 2]
8	Jean Bruchési	June 4, 1964		1967	Non-Career
9	Robert Choquette	February 29, 1968	June 12, 1968	August 3, 1970	Non-Career
10	Alfred Pike Bissonnet	July 9, 1970	October 21, 1970	March 1, 1978	Career		Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979)
11	Dwight Wilder Fulford	August 31, 1977	March 28, 1978	September 2, 1982	Career
12	Lorne Sheldon Clark	September 22, 1982	September 20, 1982		Career
13	Louise Fréchette	March 29, 1985	June 17, 1985	August 10, 1988	Career		Brian Mulroney (1984-1993)
14	Clayton George Bullis	August 11, 1988	September 22, 1988	September 11, 1991	Career
15	Robert J. Rochon	September 19, 1991	October 28, 1991	September 1, 1994	Career
16	Robert G. Clark	July 12, 1994	October 26, 1994	August 29, 1998	Career		Jean Chrétien (1993-2003)
17	Jean-Paul Hubert	July 15, 1998		July 4, 2001	Career
18	Thomas MacDonald	July 16, 2001		2004	Career
19	Yves Gagnon	August 9, 2004			Career		Paul Martin (2003-2006)
20	Timothy Martin	July 31, 2007	September 25, 2007	June 4, 2010	Career		Stephen Harper (2006-2015)
21	Gwyneth Kutz	August 10, 2010	November 1, 2010		Career
22	Robert Fry	February 2, 2015	April 23, 2015	August 2018	Career
23	David Usher	September 24, 2018	November 6, 2018	October 28, 2021	Career		Justin Trudeau (2015-Present)
24	Reid Sirrs	December 20, 2021	January 25, 2022		Career			[1]

See also

• List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Canada

Notes

1. Titled as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
2. Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

References

1. "Orders In Council PC 2021-1053". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. December 20, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
2. DeLong 2020, p. 15.

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