Marie-Lucie Morin

Marie-Lucie Morin was appointed National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet on November 17, 2008. From April 2006 to November 2008, she served as Deputy Minister of International Trade and from December 2003 to April 2006, as Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Prior to this appointment, she held the post of Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business, and Chief Trade Commissioner. She also held the position of Director General, International Business Development, Policy and Planning, from September 2001 to September 2003.

Mrs. Morin has extensive experience abroad, acquired during postings to San Francisco (1981-84), Jakarta (1984-86), London (1986-90) and Moscow (1994-97). In 1997, she was appointed as Canada's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Iceland, a position she held until her return to Ottawa in September 2001.

Mrs. Morin was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1957. She attended the Collège de Sherbrooke and the Université de Sherbrooke, graduating with her Licentiate in Laws. In 1980, she was admitted to the Barreau du Québec.