Jeremy Kinsman
Jeremy K. B. Kinsman | |
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| Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 2000–2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Roy MacLaren |
| Succeeded by | Mel Cappe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 28, 1942 Montreal, Quebec |
| Children | Juliet Kinsman |
Jeremy K. B. Kinsman (born January 28, 1942) is a former Canadian career diplomat. He was the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2000–2002) and the Canadian Ambassador to the European Union (2002–2006).
Life and career
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Kinsman graduated from Princeton University in 1963 and the Institut d'études politiques de Paris in 1965. He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1966. During his career, he was the Canadian ambassador to the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Italy, Albania, and the European Union. He was also the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Malta. He resigned in 2006.
In 2007, he was named Diplomat-in-Residence at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. The School partnered in the democracy support project Kinsman headed under the Community of Democracies that researched, and produced a field guide for democracy support, "A Diplomat's Handbook for Democracy Development Support", now in a Third Edition, published by CIGI (Centre for International Governance Innovation) in 2013. In 2009–2010 Kinsman was appointed Regents' Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley and joined Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies as Resident International Scholar. Since 2011, he has been concurrently Distinguished Diplomatic Visitor at Ryerson University, Toronto. He has been a member of the Foreign Affairs Council of Justin Trudeau.
Kinsman is a regular contributor to print media and TV, notably as lead foreign affairs writer for Policy Magazine and for OpenCanada.org, the website shared by the Canadian International Council and CIGI.
References
- Diplomat postings from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- Diplomatic Appointments[permanent dead link]
External links
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- 1942 births
- Living people
- Sciences Po alumni
- People from Montreal
- Princeton University alumni
- Ambassadors of Canada to the European Union
- Ambassadors of Canada to Russia
- Ambassadors of Canada to Azerbaijan
- Ambassadors of Canada to Georgia (country)
- Ambassadors of Canada to Kazakhstan
- Ambassadors of Canada to Kyrgyzstan
- Ambassadors of Canada to Belarus
- Ambassadors of Canada to Armenia
- Ambassadors of Canada to Tajikistan
- Ambassadors of Canada to Turkmenistan
- Ambassadors of Canada to Uzbekistan
- Ambassadors of Canada to Italy
- Ambassadors of Canada to Albania
- High Commissioners of Canada to Malta
- High Commissioners of Canada to the United Kingdom