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Canada's new Ambassador to Ukraine

Minister Pettigrew has appointed Abina Dann as Canada's Ambassador to Ukraine, succeeding Andrew Robinson.

Abina Dann (BA [Political Science & History], McGill University, 1974; MA [Canadian Politics & International Relations], Carleton University, 1980). Since 1980, when she joined the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce, she has served abroad as Trade Commissioner in Sao Paulo, The Hague and New York. She opened the Canadian Government Trade Office in Mumbai, India, in 1986. In Ottawa, she served the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade as Deputy Director of the Media Relations Office, Director of the Foreign Policy Communications Division and Director for Communications and Media for the 2001 Summit of the Americas. She served as Press Secretary to both the Minister for International Trade and the Secretary of State for External Affairs, and acted as Official Departmental Spokesperson. She was also an International Fellow at Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. More recently, she was Director of the department's European Business Development and Connectivity Division. Ms. Dann succeeds Andrew Robinson.

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