David Wright (Canadian diplomat)

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David S. Wright (born 1944) is a

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
from 1997 to 2003.

Education and family

He was born in

MBA in international finance from Columbia University
in 1968.

He is married to Ilze Skuja. They have one son, Julian, who served as a law clerk to Justice

ambassador to China
from 2005 to 2009, respectively.

Diplomatic career

He joined the

Department of External Affairs in 1968 and went on his first overseas posting to Rome in 1969. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he alternated between overseas postings and positions in Ottawa. He served as director of the department's Policy Planning Bureau from 1982 to 1985, during which he helped draft the department's May 1985 green paper, Competitiveness and Security: Directions for Canada's International Relations.[1]

He served as

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade from 1990 to 1994, helping shape Canada's response to the downfall of the Soviet Union, the Gulf War and the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars
.

He became Canada's ambassador to Spain in 1994, serving during the Canadian-Spanish fishing dispute known as the

War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War. He was Dean of the North Atlantic Council
from 2000 to 2003. He retired in 2003 after 35 years in the Canadian foreign service.

Post-diplomatic career

He is currently the Kenneth and Patricia Taylor Distinguished Visiting Professor in Foreign Affairs, Victoria College, University of Toronto.[2] He currently teaches a course on world affairs in Vic One, a seminar program for first year students; and a fourth year seminar course on contemporary issues in foreign policy.

He is also a special advisor to Dale & Lessmann LLP, a Canadian law firm, where he keeps clients abreast of developments in trade negotiations, particularly on the proposed Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
 Monaco[3]
1989-1990 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Jean-Pierre Juneau
 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Spain
1994-1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
None
 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Andorra
1996-1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Admiral
John R. Anderson
 Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
1997-2003 		Succeeded by
Jean-Pierre Juneau

Notes

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2013-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Lecture Series: David Wright — languages". Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  3. embassy in Paris
    as Minister, David Wright and his successors were also appointed Canada's Consul General to Monaco.
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