List of ambassadors of Canada to the United Arab Emirates

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The Canadian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates is an official diplomatic post held by a senior Canadian civil servant. [1]

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List of Canadian ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates

AmbassadorStart of termEnd of term
James George February 26, 1974September 17, 1977
Kenneth Douglas Taylor July 28, 1977October 19, 1978
Harry Stewart Hay October 19, 1978July 15, 1981
Francis Ian Wood September 3, 1981September, 1984
Henry W. Guy *September, 1984September, 1984
David Stewart McCracken November 21, 1985August, 1986
George James Shannon *August, 1986April, 1987
Lawrence T. Dickenson September 22, 1988September 24, 1992
J. Christopher Poole August 27, 1992May 23, 1996
Stuart B. McDowall July 12, 1996August 11, 1999
Christopher Thomson August 11, 1999July 2, 2002
David Hutton July 2, 2002June 14, 2006
Sara HradeckyJune 14, 20062009
Ken W. Lewis September 30, 20092012
Arif Z. Lalani [2] 2 April 20132016
Husain MasudJuly 18, 2016
Marcy Grossman October 2019

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Notes

  1. "Head of Posts list". Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  2. "Dubai resident honoured with Canada's Bravery Award". Gulf News. Retrieved 2015-05-02.

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