# List of ambassadors of Canada to Colombia

The ambassador of Canada to Colombia is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Colombia. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Republic of Colombia. The ambassador of Canada to Colombia is Marianick Tremblay who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on September 17, 2021.
The Embassy of Canada is located at Cra. 7, No. 114-33, Piso 14, Bogotá, D.C. Colombia.

## History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Colombia were established on November 6, 1952, with the first ambassador, Edmond Turcotte, appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent on November 22, 1952.

## List of ambassadors

| 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 | Edmond Turcotte | November 22, 1952 | April 9, 1952 | November 16, 1955 | Non-Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| - | Wilfrid Bertram McCullough (Chargé d'Affaires) | November 16, 1955 | | April 5, 1957 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 2 | Robert Arthur Douglass Ford | January 17, 1957 | April 5, 1957 | December 13, 1958 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 3 | Jean Morin | April 14, 1959 | June 11, 1959 | June 2, 1961 | Non-Career | | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) | |
| 4 | Theodore Francis Moorhouse Newton | July 31, 1961 | October 4, 1961 | January 29, 1964 | Career | | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) | |
| 5 | Ormond Wilson Dier | July 3, 1964 | October 7, 1964 | March 2, 1967 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| 6 | John Harrison Cleveland | April 19, 1967 | June 28, 1967 | July 11, 1970 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| 7 | Sidney Allan Freifeld | May 28, 1970 | | June 20, 1975 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 8 | Pierre Robert Garceau | October 21, 1975 | | September 9, 1977 | Non-Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 9 | David Benson Laughton | October 27, 1977 | December 1, 1977 | December 18, 1979 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| - | Laughton Donohue (Chargé d'Affaires) | December 1, 1979 | | August 1980 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 10 | George Douglas Valentine | July 10, 1980 | September 25, 1980 | | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 11 | John Edward Guy (Ted) Gibson | October 13, 1983 | | August 28, 1987 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 12 | Gaëtan Lavertu | July 13, 1987 | October 26, 1987 | September 29, 1989 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 13 | Dean John Browne | September 29, 1989 | October 24, 1989 | | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 14 | Archibald Duncan McArthur | August 6, 1993 | | | Career | | Kim Campbell (1993) | |
| 15 | Charles William Ross | June 3, 1996 | | August 14, 1999 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 16 | Guillermo Rishchynski | June 10, 1999 | June 14, 1999 | August 30, 2002 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 17 | Jean-Marc Duval | July 2, 2002 | October 2002 | July 26, 2005 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 18 | Matthew Levin | June 21, 2005 | November 15, 2005 | July 24, 2008 | Career | | Paul Martin (2003-2006) | |
| 19 | Geneviève des Rivières | September 2, 2008 | January 23, 2009 | September 1, 2011 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 20 | Timothy Martin | July 19, 2011 | October 25, 2011 | December 15, 2013 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 21 | Carmen Sylvain | February 18, 2014 | June 11, 2014 | July 26, 2016 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 22 | Donald Bobiash | July 18, 2016 | November 15, 2016 | January 31, 2017 | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |
| 23 | Marcel Lebleu | August 17, 2017 | October 10, 2017 | September 19, 2021 | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |
| 24 | Marianick Tremblay | September 17, 2021 | October 27, 2021 | | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |