# List of ambassadors of Canada to Burkina Faso

The ambassador of Canada to Burkina Faso is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Burkina Faso. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Burkina Faso. The current Canadian ambassador is Lee-Anne Hermann who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 20, 2021.
The Embassy of Canada is located at 318 Professeur Joseph KIZERBO avenue, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.

## History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Burkina Faso was established on April 27, 1962. Bruce MacGillivray Williams was appointed as Canada's first Ambassador to Burkina Faso on April 12, 1962.

## List of Canadian ambassadors to Burkina Faso

| 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 | Bruce MacGillivray Williams | April 12, 1962 | | July 1, 1962 | Career | | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) | |
| 2 | Donald Macalister Cornett | November 29, 1962 | July 19, 1963 | January 7, 1965 | Career | | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) | |
| 3 | Charles Eustace McGaughey | March 30, 1965 | August 21, 1965 | | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| 4 | Albert Frederick Hart | August 3, 1966 | November 23, 1966 | September 13, 1968 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| 5 | Douglas Barcham Hicks | October 24, 1968 | April 15, 1969 | January 6, 1971 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1980-1984) | |
| 6 | Wilfrid Joseph Georges Charpentier | December 17, 1969 | April 16, 1970 | | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1980-1984) | |
| 7 | Gilles Mathieu | April 22, 1972 | August 1972 | | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1980-1984) | |
| 8 | Michel de Goumois | August 6, 1975 | | | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1980-1984) | |
| 9 | Joseph Ernest Gilles Lalande | March 23, 1978 | April 27, 1978 | June 13, 1980 | Non-Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1980-1984) | |
| 10 | Ernest Hébert | July 10, 1980 | | | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1980-1984) | |
| 11 | John Peter Bell | December 22, 1983 | | | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1980-1984) | |
| 12 | Jean-Guy Joseph Bernard Saint-Martin | January 14, 1988 | January 26, 1988 | | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 13 | J. Denis Bélisle | February 13, 1992 | November 4, 1991 | June 12, 1994 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 14 | Suzanne Laporte | July 15, 1994 | November 15, 1994 | | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 15 | Louise Ouimet | August 18, 1995 | September 21, 1995 | | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 16 | Jules Savaria | September 22, 1997 | | | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 17 | Denis Briand | July 16, 2001 | | | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 18 | Louis-Robert Daigle | August 19, 2005 | | | Career | | Paul Martin (2003-2006) | |
| 19 | Jules Savaria | July 4, 2008 | | | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 20 | Ivan Roberts | August 8, 2011 | October 21, 2011 | August 2015 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 21 | Vincent Le Pape | June 2, 2015 | October 20, 2015 | August 9, 2017 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 22 | Edmond Dejon Wega | October 25, 2017 | December 6, 2017 | | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |
| 23 | Carol McQueen | August 26, 2019 | September 9, 2019 | | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |
| 24 | Lee-Anne Hermann | December 20, 2021 | January 11, 2022 | | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |