PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN THE June 2, 2000 Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the following changes in the Public Service: Jean T. Fournier, currently Deputy Solicitor General of Canada, becomes Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office, prior to his undertaking an international assignment. This appointment is effective June 19, 2000. Nicole Jauvin, currently Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel, becomes Deputy Solicitor General of Canada, effective June 19, 2000. Richard Fadden, currently Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector and Infrastructure Works, Treasury Board Secretariat, becomes Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel, effective June 19, 2000. Gaëtan Lavertu, currently Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Germany, becomes Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, effective August 21, 2000. He succeeds Don Campbell who will be leaving the public service on August 18, 2000. Michelle Chartrand, currently Regional Director General, (Laurentian Region), Fisheries and Oceans, becomes a Commissioner of the Public Service Commission, effective July 17, 2000. The Prime Minister took this opportunity to thank Don Campbell for his dedication and excellent service, both in Canada and abroad, during a public service career which spanned over 35 years, and to wish him well in his future endeavours in the private sector. - 30 - Biographical notes attached. PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555 JEAN T. FOURNIER Born: December 1943Education:
Professional Experience: November 1993 to Present Deputy Solicitor General of Canada April 1993 - November 1993 Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office August 1991 - April 1993 Executive Director, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples August 1986 - August 1991 Under Secretary of State, Secretary of State of Canada 1982 - 1986 Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch, Department of Finance 1978 - 1982 Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Department of Communications 1976 - 1978 Executive Director, Claims Negotiations, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs 1974 - 1975 Director, Territorial and Social Development Branch, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs 1973 - 1974 Associate Director, Territorial and Social Development Branch, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs 1971 - 1973 Executive Assistant, Office of the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs 1968 - 1971 Special Assistant, Office of the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Mr. Fournier is a member of the Board of Directors of the Vanier Institute of the Family NICOLE JAUVIN Born: June 1957 Education:
Professional Experience June 1997 to Present Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel June 1995 - June 1997 Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office September 1992 - June 1995 Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence, Privy Council Office January 1991 - September 1992 Director, Policy and Planning Systems, Senior Personnel Secretariat, Privy Council Office March 1987 - January 1991 Privy Council Officer, then Senior Officer, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office November 1983 - March 1987 Privy Council Officer, Security and Intelligence Secretariat, Privy Council Office September 1983 - November 1983 Lawyer (Articling) in Montreal May 1980 - September 1983 Special Assistant (Legislation), Solicitor General of Canada RICHARD FADDEN Born: September 1951 Education:
Professional Experience January 1998 to Present Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector and Infrastructure Works, Treasury Board Secretariat May 1996 - January 1998 Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Natural Resources Canada July 1992 - May 1996 Assistant Auditor General, Audit Operations, and Legal Advisor, Office of the Auditor General of Canada April 1990 - July 1992 Legal Advisor to the Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Canada May 1988 - April 1990 Principal, Audit Operations, Office of the Auditor General of Canada April 1983 - March 1988 Privy Council Officer then Director of Policy, Security and Intelligence Secretariat, Privy Council Office July 1981 - April 1983 Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for External Affairs August 1980 - July 1981 Desk Officer, Legal Operations Division, External Affairs and International Trade Canada August 1978 - August 1980 Foreign Service Officer, Canadian High Commission in Ghana, External Affairs and International Trade Canada September 1977 - August 1978 Foreign Service Officer, Legal Operations Division, External Affairs and International Trade Canada
GAËTAN LAVERTU Date of birth: January 1944 Education:
Professional Experience 1994 to Present Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and then Canadian Ambassador to Germany 1992 - 1994 Assistant Deputy Minister, Political and International Security Affairs, Foreign Affairs and International Trade 1989-1992 Deputy High Commissioner, London 1987-1989 Canadian Ambassador to Columbia and Ecuador 1983-1987 Director, Intelligence Analysis Division and then Director General, Foreign Intelligence Bureau, External Affairs and International Trade Canada 1982-1983 Chief of Staff, Deputy Minister's Office (Foreign Policy), External Affairs and International Trade Canada 1979-1982 Counsellor, Canadian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels 1976-1979 First Secretary and Consul, Caracas 1975-1976 Federal-Provincial Relations Division, External Affairs and International Trade Canada 1971-1974 Third Secretary and Vice-Consul, Madrid, Second Secretary and Vice-Consul, Rabat, and École nationale d'administration publique (Quebec) 1969-1971 United Nations (New York); Defence Relations Section (NORAD-NATO); Assignment Section, Personnel Administration, External Affairs and International Trade Canada 1969 Joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada
MICHELLE CHARTRAND Born: March 1948 Education: - Master’s degree in Science (Marine Resource Management), University of Quebec (UQAR) - Master’s degree in Education, University of Ottawa (Program courses completed) - Bachelor’s degree in Arts, University of Ottawa - Bachelor’s degree in Education, University of Montreal Professional Experience: June 1997 to Present Regional Director General, Laurentian Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1995 - 1997 Regional Director, Canadian Coast Guard, Laurentian Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1994 - 1995 Responsible for the Development of the Oceans Act, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1992 - 1994 Director General, Policy and Strategy, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1991 - 1992 Director, Oceans Development, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1990 - 1991 Director, Scientific Liaison and Coordination, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1989 - 1990 Educational leave, Masters’s Degree in Science (Marine Resource Management), University of Quebec, Rimouski 1988 - 1989 Director, Staff Relations and Compensation, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1986 - 1988 Director, Human Resources, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1985 - 1986 Responsible for the workforce adjustment program in Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1981 - 1985 Director, Official Languages and Employment Equity programs, Ottawa, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1975 - 1981 Language Teacher and then Coordinator, Employment Equity Programs, Ottawa, Public Service Commission
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