Prime Minister Announces Senior Appointment

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the appointment of George R. M. Anderson as Deputy Secretary (Intergovernmental Policy) with the Privy Council Office.

Mr. Anderson will be responsible for policy development in the area of intergovernmental relations, including research, constitutional and legal issues, aboriginal affairs and Canadian unity.

Mr. Anderson has held a variety of senior positions within the federal government, including Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance. His most recent position was Head of Policy Branch, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.

This appointment is effective immediately.

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(Biographical notes attached)

Born:

February 1945

Education:

• B.A. (Political Science), Queen's University
  
• M.Litt., Political Theory, Oxford University
  
• École nationale d'administration in Paris

Professional Experience

July 1995 to Present
Head of Policy Branch, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

December 1994 - July 1995
Senior Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Finance

May 1994 - December 1994
Executive Director, Infrastructure Works, Treasury Board Secretariat

November 1993 - May 1994
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Infrastructure, Privy Council Office

1990 - 1993
Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development Policy Branch, Department of Finance
Leave of absence: Visiting Fellow, Harvard University (1992-93)

1986 - 1990
Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada

1984 to 1986
Deputy Administrator, Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada

1977 - 1984
Advisor, Coordination Branch, Federal-Provincial Relations Office. Secondment as Analyst, Policy Planning Secretariat; then Director, Western European Division, External Affairs and International Trade. Secondment as Deputy Administrator, Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada

1976
Program Analyst, Social and Manpower Division then Program Analyst, Programs Branch, Treasury Board Canada

1972 - 1975
Research Assistant, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office and then Executive Assistant, Deputy Minister's Office, Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Education leave: Oxford University (1974) and École nationale d'administration in Paris (1974-75)