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Prime Minister Announces the Appointment of a New Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans


August 25, 1997
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the appointment of Wayne Wouters, currently Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultation) in the Privy Council Office, as Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. He succeeds William A. Rowat who has been appointed Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office.

Prior to assuming his current position in December 1994, Mr. Wouters was head of a Task Force on the Newfoundland Economy and later served as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Program Review) in the Privy Council Office. He joined the federal public service in 1982, after five years in the Saskatchewan public service, and has held progressively more senior positions in the Departments of Energy, Mines and Resources, and Finance, as well as in the Privy Council Office since that time.

This appointment is effective September 2, 1997.

Biographical note attached.

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WAYNE G. WOUTERS

Date of birth: April 1951

Education:
- B.Comm. (Economics), University of Saskatchewan
- M.A. (Economics), Queen's University

Professional Experience:

December 1994 to Present
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultation), Privy Council Office

September 1994 - December 1994
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Program Review), Privy Council Office

March 1994 - September 1994
Head, Task Force on Newfoundland Economy, Privy Council Office

1993 - March 1994
General Director, Economic Development Policy Branch, Department of Finance

1990 - 1993
Director, Economic Development Policy Branch, Department of Finance

1989 - 1990
Director General, Financial and Market Analysis Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1986 - 1989
Deputy Director General, Project and Fiscal Analysis, Financial and Market Analysis Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1982 - 1986
Director, Industry Analysis, Financial and Fiscal Analysis Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1977 - 1982
Various positions with the Government of Saskatchewan culminating in the position of Director of Energy Policy Branch, Department of Mineral Resources, Government of Saskatchewan

1975 - 1977
Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics and Political Science, University of Saskatchewan



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