Joseph Gilles André Couvrette

André Couvrette (15 January 1934) is a Canadian former diplomat. He was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Sweden, and Greece. Before his first ambassadorship, he was posted to Rome, Italy (1959–1962), Lagos, Nigeria (1965–1967), and Paris, France (1967–1968). In his home country, he was Chief of Protocol and Assistant Under Secretary of State for External Affairs.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Raoul Grenier
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Guinea
1974-1976
Succeeded by
Jacques J.A. Asselin
Preceded by
Raoul Grenier
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mali
1974-1976
Succeeded by
Jacques J.A. Asselin
Preceded by
Raoul Grenier
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mauritania
1974-1977
Succeeded by
Jacques J.A. Asselin
Preceded by
Raoul Jean Grenier
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Senegal
1974-1977
Succeeded by
Gabriel-Marie Frédéric Lessard
Preceded by
Raoul Grenier
High Commissioner to Gambia
1974-1975
Succeeded by
Jacques J.A. Asselin
Preceded by
Raoul Grenier
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Guinea-Bissau
1975-1977
Succeeded by
Jacques J.A. Asselin
Preceded by
Raoul Grenier
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cape Verde
1976-1977
Succeeded by
Jacques J.A. Asselin
Preceded by
Léopold Henri Amyot
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Syria
1977-1978
Succeeded by
Théodore Jean Arcand
Preceded by
Léopold Henri Amyot
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Jordan
1978-1978
Succeeded by
Théodore Jean Arcand
Preceded by
Howard Barham Singleton
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Lebanon
1977-1978
Succeeded by
Théodore Jean Arcand
Preceded by
Kenneth Charles Brown
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sweden
1981-1983
Succeeded by
Thomas Delworth
Preceded by
Edward Henry Woodford
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Greece
1985-1989
Succeeded by
Ernest Hébert


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