Janice Charette

Her Excellency
Janice Charette
Janice Charette in London in 2017
Charette in 2017
Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Assumed office
July 19, 2016
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Preceded by Gordon Campbell
Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
In office
October 6, 2014 – January 21, 2016
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Justin Trudeau
Preceded by Wayne Wouters
Succeeded by Michael Wernick
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet
In office
January 22, 2013 – October 5, 2014
Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
In office
November 15, 2010 – January 20, 2013
Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
In office
July 2006 – July 2010
Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
In office
2004–2006
Personal details
Born Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater Carleton University

Janice Charette is a Canadian public servant and the current Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. She previously served as the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet.

Life and career

Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario[1], Charette attended Carleton University, where she completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Charette joined the public service in 1984, working in the Department of Finance.[2]

She served as the deputy minister (the highest unelected position) of Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 2004 until 2006, and as the deputy minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada from 2006 until 2010.[2]

Charette was appointed as the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet on August 20, 2014, when the Prime Minister at that time, Stephen Harper, announced that she would replace Wayne Wouters, the Clerk of the Privy Council from 2009 to 2014.[3] She is the second woman to have held that post, which is the top civil service position in Canada.

On January 22, 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Michael Wernick would replace Charette as Clerk of the Privy Council. On July 19, 2016, she was officially appointed as the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/north-america/canada/
  2. 1 2 "Background: Janice Charette, Canada's next Clerk of the Privy Council". Ottawa Citizen. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "PM announces appointment of Janice Charette as Clerk of the Privy Council". Prime Minister of Canada. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Dion shakes up diplomatic ranks, replaces controversial Tory appointees". The Globe and Mail, July 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Diplomatic appointments". Global Affairs Canada. 2016-07-19. Archived from the original on 2016-07-20.
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