Sandra McCardell
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Her Excellency Sandra McCardell | |
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| In office August 2015 – Ongoing | |
| Preceded by | Gaston Barban |
| Succeeded by | N/A |
Sandra McCardell is a Canadian diplomat. After being appointed on July 20, 2009, McCardell was Ambassador to Libya before the 2011 Libyan civil war.[1] She closed the Canadian Embassy and evacuated in February 2011; she subsequently returned to Tripoli in September 2011 to re-establish diplomatic relations after the fall of Gaddafi and completed her assignment in the fall of 2011.[2] In February 2012, it was reported that McCardell's spouse, Edis Zagorac, was hired by engineering firm SNC-Lavalin to work as part of a military-civilian engineering unit with billions in contracts with the Gadhafi regime, including a $270 million prison project. Following the discovery, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird requested a review into the potential for conflicts of interest, to which nothing was found.[3] In 2012, she was named Ambassador of Canada to Morocco and Mauritania. In 2015, she became High Commissioner of Canada in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Mauritius and Ambassador to Madagascar.
Career
[edit]McCardell began her diplomatic career working in Israel.[2] She is also a former political advisor at the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Embassy of Canada to Libya". Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
- ^ a b Payton, Laura (21 March 2012). "Ambassador to Libya back in Canada amid controversy". CBC. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Seglins, Dave; Nicol, John (23 February 2012). "SNC-Lavalin hired diplomat's spouse for Gadhafi project". CBC. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Welcome to Vanguard Canada". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
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