List of High Commissioners of Canada to Bangladesh

High Commissioner for Canada in Bangladesh
Incumbent Lilly Nicholls since December 20, 2021
Seat	High Commission of Canada, Dhaka
Nominator	Prime Minister of Canada
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Gordon Edwin Cox
Formation	April 6, 1972

The ambassador of Canada to Bangladesh is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Bangladesh. The official title for the ambassador is High Commissioner for Canada in Bangladesh. The current Canadian ambassador is Lilly Nicholls who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 20, 2021. ^[1]

The High Commission of Canada is located at United Nations Road, Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between Canada and Bangladesh are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Bangladesh–Canada relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Bangladesh was established on February 14, 1972. ^[2] Gordon Edwin Cox was appointed as Canada's first high commissioner in Bangladesh on April 6, 1972. ^[2]

List of heads of mission

No.	Name	Term of office			Career	Prime Minister nominated by		Ref.
		Start date	PoC.	End date
1	Gordon Edwin Cox	April 6, 1972	June 5, 1972	August 26, 1972	Career		Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979)
2	Gordon George Riddell	June 8, 1972	October 30, 1972	June 16, 1974	Career
3	Robert Wallace McLaren	July 24, 1973	July 25, 1973	August 1, 1975	Career
4	Jack F. Godsell	February 17, 1976	February 28, 1976	June 27, 1979	Career
5	Arthur Robert Wright	April 4, 1979	July 22, 1979	July 16, 1982	Career
6	Chris Westdal	September 22, 1982	September 23, 1982		Career
7	Anthony Vincent	July 4, 1985	October 8, 1985	September 2, 1988	Career		Brian Mulroney (1984-1993)
8	Émile Gauvreau	August 17, 1988	October 29, 1988	August 5, 1993	Career
9	Jon J. Scott	July 23, 1993	September 12, 1993	September 1996	Career		Kim Campbell (1993)
10	Nicholas Etheridge	September 11, 1996	October 5, 1996	August 4, 1999	Career		Jean Chrétien (1993-2003)
11	David Preston	August 11, 1999	October 5, 1999	July 12, 2002	Career
12	Gerald K. Campbell	August 1, 2002	September 5, 2002		Career
13	David Sproule	August 9, 2004	September 5, 2004	August 28, 2005	Career		Paul Martin (2003-2006)
14	Barbara Richardson	November 24, 2005	December 22, 2005		Career
15	Robert McDougall	September 2, 2008	October 20, 2008	September 21, 2011	Career		Stephen Harper (2006-2015)
16	Heather Cruden	September 21, 2011	November 24, 2011	December 16, 2014	Career
17	Benoît-Pierre Laramée	November 20, 2014	February 2, 2015	August 17, 2017	Career
18	Benoit Préfontaine	August 17, 2017	October 5, 2017	December 20, 2021	Career		Justin Trudeau (2015-Present)
19	Lilly Nicholls	December 20, 2021	February 3, 2022		Career			[1]

References

1. "Orders In Council PC 2021-1053". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. December 20, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
2. DeLong 2020, p. 17.

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