# List of ambassadors of Canada to Brazil

The Ambassador of Canada to Brazil is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Brazil. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Federative Republic of Brazil. The current ambassador of Canada is Emmanuel Kamarianakis who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on July 29, 2022.
The Embassy of Canada is located at SES - Av. das Nações, Quadra 803, Lote 16, 70410-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil.

## History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Brazil was established on November 14, 1940. Jean Désy was appointed as Canada's first Envoy to Brazil on June 24, 1941, and made ambassador when the legation was raised to an in 1944.

## Head of mission

| 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 | Jean Désy | June 24, 1941 | September 30, 1941 | September 11, 1947 | Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| – | Evan Benjamin Rogers (Chargé d'Affaires) | September 12, 1947 | | June 3, 1948 | Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| 2 | James Scott Macdonald | May 4, 1948 | June 3, 1948 | July 1951 | Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| 3 | Ephraim Herbert Coleman | October 9, 1951 | December 4, 1951 | | Non-Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 4 | Sydney David Pierce | July 6, 1953 | October 27, 1953 | March 22, 1956 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| – | Fulgence Charpentier (Chargé d'Affaires) | May 26, 1956 | | February 18, 1957 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 5 | William Arthur Irwin | January 10, 1957 | February 18, 1957 | | Non-Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 6 | Jean Chapdelaine | August 6, 1959 | September 26, 1959 | October 26, 1963 | Career | | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) | |
| 7 | Paul André Beaulieu | October 24, 1963 | February 24, 1964 | June 8, 1967 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| 8 | Joseph Charles Léonard Yvon Beaulne | August 2, 1967 | October 2, 1967 | February 25, 1969 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| – | Clive Edward Glover (Chargé d'Affaires) | February 28, 1969 | | November 12, 1969 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| 9 | Christian Hardy | July 15, 1969 | November 12, 1969 | July 25, 1971 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 10 | Barry Connell Steers | July 25, 1971 | August 30, 1971 | October 2, 1976 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 11 | James Howard Stone | July 20, 1976 | December 6, 1976 | July 5, 1979 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 12 | Ronald Stuart MacLean | April 4, 1979 | September 18, 1979 | July 21, 1983 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 13 | Anthony Tudor Eyton | October 13, 1983 | September 27, 1983 | August 27, 1986 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 14 | John Peter Bell | March 26, 1987 | May 9, 1987 | September 24, 1990 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 15 | William L. Clarke | September 12, 1990 | November 6, 1990 | July 16, 1992 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 16 | William A. Dymond | August 27, 1992 | September 28, 1992 | August 21, 1995 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 17 | Nancy M. Stiles | August 18, 1995 | September 21, 1995 | July 30, 1998 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 18 | Richard Kohler | July 15, 1998 | November 10, 1998 | August 3, 2000 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Juneau | June 26, 2000 | October 19, 2000 | August 11, 2003 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 20 | Suzanne Laporte | July 15, 2003 | October 9, 2003 | August 14, 2005 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 21 | Guillermo Rishchynski | August 2, 2005 | August 8, 2005 | September 2, 2007 | Career | | Paul Martin (2003-2006) | |
| 22 | Paul Hunt | July 31, 2007 | February 13, 2008 | September 5, 2010 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| – | Charles Larabie (Consul General) | July 4, 2008 | | | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 23 | Jamal Khokhar | August 10, 2010 | February 9, 2011 | | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 24 | Riccardo Savone | January 22, 2015 | August 6, 2015 | August 2, 2019 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 25 | Jennifer May | August 17, 2019 | October 3, 2019 | July 29, 2022 | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |
| 26 | Emmanuel Kamarianakis | July 29, 2022 | August 29, 2022 | | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |