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Kerry Buck is a Canadian diplomat was the Permanent Representative and Ambassador to NATO. Buck had joined Global Affairs Canada in 1991. [1] from 2015 until 2019. Buck is a Senior Fellow at University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. [2]
Buck earned her undergraduate political science degree from the University of Western Ontario, a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law [2] in civil and common law from McGill University Faculty of Law. [1]
From 2011 until 2015, she was Political Director and Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Affairs. [1]
After serving at NATO, Buck was the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Assistant Secretary, Economic Sector [2] from 2018 until 2021. [3]
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