List of ambassadors of Canada to Belgium

Ambassador of Canada to Belgium
Incumbent Alain Gendron since October 29, 2020
Seat	Embassy of Canada, Brussels
Nominator	Prime Minister of Canada
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Jean Désy
Formation	December 22, 1938

The Ambassador of Canada to Belgium is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Belgium. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Kingdom of Belgium. The current ambassador of Canada is Alain Gendron who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on October 29, 2020.

The Embassy of Canada is located at Avenue des Arts 58, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Belgium–Canada relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Belgium were established on January 3, 1939. Jean Désy was appointed as Canada's first ambassador to Belgium on December 22, 1938.

Head of mission

No.	Name	Term of office			Career	Prime Minister nominated by		Ref.
		Start Date	PoC.	End Date
1	Jean Désy (Envoy)	December 22, 1938	February 4, 1939	October 31, 1940	Career		W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948)
–	Pierre Dupuy (Chargé d'Affaires)	October 31, 1940		October 26, 1942	Career
2	George Philias Vanier (Envoy)	November 5, 1942	April 9, 1943	September 2, 1944	Career
–	Pierre Dupuy (Chargé d'Affaires)	December 30, 1943		September 8, 1944	Career
–	Thomas Archibald Stone (Chargé d'Affaires)	September 8, 1944		January 16, 1945	Career
3	William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon	October 3, 1944	January 16, 1945	January 21, 1947	Non-Career
4	Victor Doré	October 31, 1946	January 21, 1947	June 12, 1950	Non-Career
5	Maurice Arthur Pope	July 12, 1950	August 3, 1950	November 26, 1953	Career		Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957)
6	Charles Pierre Hébert	October 21, 1953	January 14, 1954	December 14, 1958	Career
7	Sydney David Pierce	October 2, 1958	1959	October 31, 1965	Career		John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963)
8	Paul Tremblay	April 14, 1966	June 21, 1966	February 16, 1970	Career		Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968)
9	James Coningsby Langley	December 10, 1970	December 17, 1970	March 1, 1973	Career		Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979)
10	Jules Léger	March 1, 1973	March 1, 1973	January 8, 1974	Career
–	Jean-Yves Grenon (Chargé d'Affaires)	December 1, 1973		July 12, 1974	Career
11	Lucien Lamoureux	June 10, 1974	July 12, 1974	September 14, 1980	Non-Career
12	D'Iberville Fortier	July 10, 1980	October 7, 1980	August 3, 1984	Career
13	Maxwell Freeman Yalden	August 31, 1984	October 30, 1984	November 6, 1987	Career		John Turner (1984)
14	Jacques J.A. Asselin	December 3, 1987	January 14, 1988	July 20, 1991	Career		Brian Mulroney (1984-1993)
15	Raymond A.J. Chrétien	September 23, 1991	December 16, 1991	January 21, 1994	Career
16	Jean-Paul Hubert	July 12, 1994	July 14, 1994	July 24, 1998	Career		Jean Chrétien (1993-2003)
17	Claude Laverdure	August 4, 1998	October 6, 1998	August 2, 2000	Career
18	Jacques Bilodeau	July 26, 2000	September 27, 2000	July 14, 2004	Career
19	John A. McNee	August 9, 2004	October 12, 2004	May 26, 2006	Career		Paul Martin (2003-2006)
20	Laurette Glasgow	September 20, 2006	October 25, 2006	August 29, 2008	Career		Stephen Harper (2006-2015)
21	Louis de Lorimier	September 2, 2008	December 10, 2008	September 12, 2012	Career
22	Denis Robert	August 15, 2012	October 17, 2012	August 30, 2016	Career
23	Olivier Nicoloff	July 18, 2016	November 16, 2016	October 26, 2020	Career		Justin Trudeau (2015-Present)
24	Alain Gendron	October 29, 2020	January 13, 2021		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 – Belgium". international.gc.ca. Global Affairs Canada. June 5, 2014.