# List of ambassadors of Canada to Algeria

The ambassador of Canada to Algeria is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Algeria. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. The current Canadian ambassador is Michael Callan who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 20, 2021.
The Embassy of Canada is located at 18 Mustapha Khalef Street, Ben Aknoun, Algiers, Algeria.

## History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Algeria was established on July 3, 1962. Ross Campbell was appointed as Canada's first Ambassador to Yugoslavia, concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Algeria and resident in Yugoslavia on October 18, 1965. Canada's embassy was established in Yugoslavia in November 1965, and established an embassy in Algeria on November 26, 1971.

## List of Canadian ambassadors to Algeria

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. |
| No. | Name | Start Date | PoC. | End Date | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. |
| 1 | Ross Campbell | October 18, 1965 | November 12, 1965 | February 10, 1967 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| 2 | René Garneau | December 8, 1966 | February 10, 1967 | May 10, 1968 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| 3 | James Alan Roberts | October 31, 1968 | February 21, 1969 | November 26, 1971 | Non-Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 4 | Christian Hardy | July 8, 1971 | November 26, 1971 | August 13, 1973 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 5 | Robert L. Elliott | July 12, 1973 | August 24, 1973 | July 12, 1976 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 6 | Pierre Edgar Joseph Charpentier | September 8, 1976 | October 27, 1976 | July 5, 1978 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 7 | Joseph Raymond Roy | June 15, 1978 | January 17, 1979 | July 31, 1980 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 8 | Louis André Delvoie | July 10, 1980 | October 22, 1980 | | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 9 | Paul-Eugène Laberge | September 22, 1982 | August 22, 1982 | August 1985 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 10 | François P. Pouliot | June 27, 1985 | October 27, 1985 | September 30, 1987 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 11 | Gilles Mathieu | November 26, 1987 | February 3, 1988 | June 7, 1990 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 12 | Marc C. Lemieux | September 12, 1990 | October 30, 1990 | August 12, 1993 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 13 | Michel Perrault | December 15, 1993 | November 29, 1993 | April 28, 1995 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 14 | Jacques Noiseux | May 3, 1995 | July 30, 1995 | August 25, 1997 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 15 | Franco Pillarella | July 10, 1997 | | | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 16 | Richard Belliveau | July 26, 2000 | November 28, 2000 | | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 17 | Robert W. Peck | August 9, 2004 | | | Career | | Paul Martin (2003-2006) | |
| 18 | Patrick Parisot | December 21, 2007 | January 26, 2008 | September 2010 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 19 | Geneviève des Rivières | July 19, 2011 | September 13, 2011 | | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 20 | Isabelle Roy | January 8, 2015 | March 29, 2015 | August 2017 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 21 | Patricia McCullagh | August 17, 2017 | May 30, 2019 | August 2019 | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015–Present) | |
| 22 | Christopher Wilkie | October 21, 2019 | December 2, 2019 | December 2, 2019 | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015–Present) | |
| 23 | Michael Callan | December 20, 2021 | February 10, 2022 | February 10, 2022 | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015–Present) | |