The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced the following diplomatic appointment:

Judith Gelbman will become Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ms. Gelbman will replace François Lafrenière, and she will take up her appointment in the coming weeks.

Judith Gelbman (BComm, Concordia University, 1992; MSc [Economics], London School of Economics, 1994) joined Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in 2013. At Headquarters, she has held a number of director-level positions working on a range of economic, development and foreign policy issues. Abroad, she served as counsellor at the mission to the EU, in Brussels (2018 to 2022). More recently, she served as director of the European Bilateral Relations and Commercial Advocacy Division, where she managed Canada’s relationships with several European countries and the EU. Prior to joining the department, she was director of International Climate Change Policy and Negotiations at Environment Canada (2010 to 2013) and worked in a number of other departments, primarily focused on international relations.   

Congratulations, Ambassador-designate 

@gelbmanj! 

The Bosnian Comminity in Canada

Poštovana Anita Anand, ministrica vanjskih poslova Kanade objavila je sljede?e diplomatsko imenovanje:

Judith Gelbman postat ?e ambasadorica Kanade u Bosni i Hercegovini. Gospo?a Gelbman ?e zamijeniti Françoisa Lafrenièrea, a svoju dužnost ?e preuzeti u narednim sedmicama.

Judith Gelbman (BComm, Univerzitet Concordia, 1992; MSc [Ekonomija], Londonska škola ekonomije, 1994) pridružila se Ministarstvu vanjskih poslova i me?unarodne trgovine Kanade 2013. godine. U sjedištu je obavljala niz direktorskih pozicija rade?i na nizu ekonomskih, razvojnih i vanjskopoliti?kih pitanja. U inostranstvu je obavljala funkciju savjetnice u misiji pri EU u Briselu (2018. do 2022.). Nedavno je obavljala funkciju direktorice Odjeljenja za evropske bilateralne odnose i komercijalno zastupanje, gdje je upravljala odnosima Kanade s nekoliko evropskih zemalja i EU. Prije nego što se pridružila odjelu, bila je direktorica Odjela za me?unarodnu politiku i pregovore o klimatskim promjenama u Ministarstvu zaštite okoliša Kanade (2010. do 2013.) i radila je u nizu drugih odjela, prvenstveno usmjerenih na me?unarodne odnose.

?estitamo, novoizabranoj ambasadorici

@gelbmanj!

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