News Release

From the Prime Minister's Web Site (http://www.pm.gc.ca/)

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Prime Minister announces changes in the senior ranks of the Public service

March 23, 2006
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was pleased to announce today the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service:

Louis Lévesque, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Finance, becomes Deputy Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs), Privy Council Office, effective May 1, 2006. Mr. Lévesque replaces Marie Fortier who retired recently after 20 years of exceptional service. The Prime Minister wishes her every success in her future endeavours.

Jonathan Fried, currently Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister and Head of Global Affairs and Canada-United States Secretariats, Privy Council Office, is nominated for the position of Executive Director for the Canadian, Irish and Caribbean constituency at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C. The Prime Minister thanks Mr. Fried for his dedicated support in the transition period.

David Mulroney, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Bilateral Relations at Foreign Affairs, will assume the responsibilities of Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister in the Privy Council Office.


Biographical notes are attached.

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LOUIS LÉVESQUE

Date of Birth: July 1959

Education:
Master (Economics), Université Laval
Bachelor (Mathematics), Université Laval


Professional Experience

November 2004 to Present
Associate Deputy Minister of Finance

October 2002 - November 2004
Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch, Finance Canada

March 2001 - October 2002
Deputy Secretary, Intergovernmental Operations, Privy Council Office

July 2000 - March 2001
Director General, Fiscal and Economic Policy Branch, Finance Canada

October 1998 - June 2000
Director General, Tax Policy Branch, Finance Canada

December 1993 - October 1998
Director General, Excise duties and taxes, Department of National Revenue (Custom and Excise); then Director, Personal Income Tax Division, Finance Canada

February 1991 - December 1993
Chief, Agriculture, Economic Development Policy Division, Finance Canada

June 1989 - February 1991
Principal Economist and Coordinator, Reform on Sales Tax, Tax Policy Analysis; then Acting Assistant Director, Tax Policy Analysis, Department of Finance, Government of Québec

December 1984 - June 1989
Principal Economist and Coordinator, Personal Income Tax, Department of Finance, Government of Québec

January 1983 - December 1984
Teacher, Mathematics and Informatics, CEGEP François-Xavier Garneau; then Economist, Planning Department, Régie des assurances agricoles du Québec

JONATHAN FRIED

Date of Birth: August 1953

Education: Masters, Law, Columbia University
Bachelor, Law, University of Toronto
Bachelor, Philosophy, University of Toronto

Professional Experience

December 2003 to Present
Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister and Head of the Canada-United States Secretariat, Privy Council Office

June 2003 - December 2003
Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

November 2000 - June 2003
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister and G-7 Deputy, Finance Canada

1997 - 2000
Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade, Economic and Environmental Policy, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1995 - 1997
Director General, General Trade Policy Bureau and Coordinator for NAFTA, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1993 - 1995
Principal Legal Counsel, Trade Law Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1991 - 1993
Principal Legal Counsel, Office of North America Free Trade Negotiations, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1987 - 1991
Counsellor, Congressional and Legal Affairs, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1985 - 1987
Assistant General Counsel, Trade Negotiations Office, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1983 - 1985
Counsel, Economic Law and Treaty Division, Bureau of Legal Affairs, Foreign Affairs
and International Trade


1981 - 1983
Second Secretary and Vice-Consul, Canadian Embassy, Brasilia, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1980 - 1981
Canadian Delegation to United Nations General Assembly, and then General Economic Relations Division/ Summit Preparations Secretariat; Foreign Affairs and International Trade

DAVID MULRONEY

Date of Birth: November 1954

Education:
B.A., English, University of Toronto

Professional Experience

December 2003 to present
Assistant Deputy Minister, Bilateral Relations, Foreign Affairs Canada

2001 - 2003
Assistant Deputy Minister, Asia-Pacific, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1998 - 2001
Executive Director, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1995 -1998
Executive Director, Canada-China Business Council

1992 - 1995
Commercial Counsellor, Canadian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1990 - 1992
Executive Assistant, Deputy Minister for International Trade, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1988 - 1990
Deputy Director, East Asia Trade Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1985 - 1988
Consul, Canadian Consulate General in Shanghai, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1982 - 1985
Trade Commissioner, Canadian Embassy in Korea, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1981 - 1982
Assistant Trade Commissioner, St-John=s Regional Office, Industry Trade and Commerce

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