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PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES NEW
ASSOCIATE DEPUTY MINISTER OF INDUSTRY

July 4, 2000
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the appointment of Paul Thibault, currently Federal Coordinator, Y2K National Contingency Planning at the Department of National Defence, as Associate Deputy Minister of Industry.

Paul Thibault began his career in the public service in 1968, and held a number of positions with the Department of Foreign Affairs, both in Canada and abroad, from June 1968 to August 1985. He has held progressively more senior positions since that time including, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Security and Intelligence), Privy Council Office; and Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector and Executive Director, Canada Infrastructure Works Program, Treasury Board Secretariat. Prior to assuming his current position in 1998, Mr. Thibault was Executive Director of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Mr. Thibault studied at the University of Ottawa where he obtained his Bachelor of Social Sciences. He also obtained a diploma in Public Administration from l’École nationale d’administration in Paris.

This appointment is effective July 10, 2000.

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Biographical note attached.

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PAUL THIBAULT

Birth: April 1945

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, University of Ottawa

M.A. studies, Carleton University

Diploma in Public Administration, École nationale d'administration-Paris

Professional Experience:

October 1998 to Present

Federal Coordinator, Y2K National Contingency Planning, Department of National Defence

May 1997 - October 1998

Executive Director, Immigration and Refugee Board

August 1996 - May 1997

Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector and Executive Director, Canada

Infrastructure Works Program, Treasury Board Secretariat

October 1992 - August 1996

Assistant Secretary, Program Branch (Government Operations, Foreign and Defence), then Acting Deputy Secretary, Program Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat

January 1988 - October 1992

Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Security and Intelligence), Privy Council Office

August 1985 - December 1987

Director of Operations, Priorities and Planning Secretariat, Privy Council Office

August 1981 - August 1985

Economic Counsellor, Canadian Embassy, Paris

September 1979 - August 1981

Deputy Director, General Economic Relations and Coordinator for the Ottawa Economic Summit, Department of External Affairs

June 1968 - August 1979

Various assignments in Ottawa and abroad with the Department of External Affairs, including Geneva and Tehran


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