List of ambassadors of Canada to Myanmar

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Ambassador of Canada to Myanmar
Incumbent
Mark McDowell
since August 14, 2013
Inaugural holder Arthur Redpath Menzies
FormationSeptember 3, 1958

The Canadian Ambassador to Myanmar in Yangon is the official representative of the Government of Canada in Ottawa to the Government of Myanmar.

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History

Until August 14, 2013, the Canadian Ambassador to Thailand in Bangkok was accredited concurrently to the government in Naypyidaw.

List of representatives

Diplomatic agreement/designated Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations Prime Minister of Canada List of presidents of Myanmar Term end
July 1958September 3, 1958 Arthur Redpath Menzies John Diefenbaker Win Maung July 16, 1961
July 16, 1961 Pierre-André Bissonnette Chargé d'Affaires concurrently as Canadian Ambassador to Malaysia [1] John Diefenbaker Win Maung January 1962
November 22, 1961 Charles Eustace McGaughey John Diefenbaker Win Maung
March 25, 1965November 6, 1965Bertram Charles Butler [2] Lester Pearson Ne Win August 11, 1967
August 3, 1967November 22, 1967 John Gaylard Hadwen Lester Pearson Ne Win July 31, 1971
August 4, 1971 Edward Rose Rettie Pierre Trudeau Ne Win
June 13, 1974 David Stansfield Pierre Trudeau Ne Win
February 2, 1976August 9, 1976 William Edward Bauer [3] Pierre Trudeau Ne Win June 4, 1979
April 4, 1979 M. Fred Bild [4] Joe Clark Ne Win
July 26, 1979October 27, 1979 Arthur Robert Wright Joe Clark Ne Win July 16, 1982
September 22, 1982 Christopher William Westdal Pierre Trudeau San Yu
November 21, 1985October 21, 1985 Anthony Vincent Brian Mulroney San Yu September 2, 1988
December 7, 1988May 29, 1989 Émile Gauvreau Brian Mulroney Saw Maung August 5, 1992
1992 Arthur C. Perron Brian Mulroney Saw Maung July 12, 1994
1994 Manfred_G_von_Nostitz Jean Chrétien Than Shwe June 23, 1997
October 30, 1997 Bernard Giroux Jean Chrétien Than Shwe
August 20, 2001October 4, 2002 Andrew McAlister Jean Chrétien Than Shwe
August 9, 2004May 13, 2005 Denis Comeau Paul Martin Than Shwe July 10, 2007
March 21, 2011 Ron Hoffmann [5] Stephen Harper Thein Sein
March 26, 2013August 14, 2013 Mark McDowell Stephen Harper Thein Sein
Htin Kyaw
August 10, 2016 MacArthur, Karen Htin Kyaw
Win Myint

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