Embassy of Canada, Bucharest

Embassy of Canada to Romania
The chancery of the embassy, opened in 2006
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Address	1-3, Tuberozelor St.
Ambassador	Joanne Lemay
Website	Official website

The Embassy of Canada to Romania in Bucharest is the diplomatic mission of Canada to Romania. The embassy provides consular services to Canadian citizens residing or travelling in Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova.

History

Canada appointeed its first resident ambassador to Romania in 1967.^[1]

A new four-storey chancery building was inaugurated in December 2006 and is located at 1-3, Tuberozelor Street in Bucharest. Its striking architecture includes pre-oxidized panels on two building faces.

On June 15, 2009, Lawrence Cannon, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced the appointment of Philippe Beaulne as Ambassador to Romania, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Bulgaria, and High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus. He led a mission of 11 Canada-based diplomats and about 45 locally-employed staff.

Joanne Lemay became the Ambassador to Romania in August 2013.

Ambassadors

Ambassador	Title	Career	Appointment Date	Presentation of credentials	Termination of mission
Bruce MacGillivray Williams	AE&P	C	July 26, 1967	January 19, 1968	September 9, 1972
Robert Louis Rogers	AE&P	C	April 22, 1972	September 1972	July 27, 1974
Robert Parke Cameron	AE&P	C	June 10, 1974		December 11, 1976
J.E. Thibault	AE&P	C	July 27, 1976	December 11, 1976	June 29, 1979
Peter McLaren Roberts	AE&P	C	July 12, 1979	October 9, 1979	August 15, 1983
Jacques T. Simard	AE&P	C	October 13, 1983	September 20, 1983
Saul Grey	AE&P	C	July 30, 1987	September 29, 1987
William M.M. Fairweather	AE&P	C	1991	October 7, 1991
Gilles Horace J. Duguay	AE&P	C	July 4, 1995		August 28, 1998
David Collins	AE&P	C	July 15, 1998	September 10, 1998	August 10, 2000
Raphaël Girard	AE&P	C	June 26, 2000		August 1, 2003
Franco D. Pillarella	AE&P	C	July 31, 2003	October 3, 2003	2006
Marta Moszczenska	AE&P	C	June 14, 2006	August 30, 2006	2009
Philippe Beaulne	AE&P	C	June 15, 2009	September 2, 2009	August 16, 2013
Joanne Lemay	AE&P	C	August 16, 2013		July 2016
Kevin Hamilton	AE&P	C	June 8, 2016	September 7, 2016

Canada-Romania relations

Main article: Canada-Romania relations

Bilateral relations at embassy level were initiated on April 3, 1967.

Romania’s Embassy in Ottawa was opened in 1970. Romania has three Consulates General, in Montreal,^[2] Toronto,^[3] Vancouver, and a Honorary Consulate in Moncton. Both countries are members of NATO.

Romania's senior official in Ottawa currently is Mr. Dorian Mihai, Chargé d'affaires.

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Coordinates: 44°27′40″N 26°04′55″E / 44.46098°N 26.081838°E / 44.46098; 26.081838

Diplomatic missions of Canada

Americas	Boston Bridgetown Buffalo (closed 2012) Chicago Houston Los Angeles Mexico City New York Washington, D.C.

Asia	Abu Dhabi Kabul Hong Kong Taipei Tokyo

Europe	Berlin Bucharest Budapest London Canada House Kiev Moscow Oslo Paris Warsaw Zagreb

Oceania	Canberra

Other	European Union

Former	Washington, D.C. (1927-1988) Dublin (residence, 1957-2008) London (Macdonald House, 1961-2014)

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