Embassy of Mexico, Ottawa
| Embassy of Mexico in Canada | |
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| Embajada de México en Canadá | |
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| Style | Excellency |
| Type | Diplomatic mission |
| Status | Active |
| Reports to | Secretariat of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat | World Exchange Plaza Tower I 45 O'Connor St Ottawa, ON |
| Appointer | President of Mexico with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No set term length |
| Formation | 1944 |
| First holder | Francisco del Río y Cañedo |
| Website | www.embamex.sre.gob.mx/canada |
The Embassy of Mexico in Canada, based out of Ottawa, is the primary diplomatic mission from Mexico to Canada.
Relations between the two nations were formally established on 30 January 1944, with Mexico eventually opening a consulate in Montreal in 1952. This consulate was later upgraded to an embassy and moved to Ottawa.[1]
Location
[edit]The embassy is located at 45 O´Connor Street, Suite 1000, Ottawa, Ontario.
Ambassadors
[edit]The following is a list of Ambassadors from Mexico to Canada since the formation of relations:[2]
| Term | Ambassador | President |
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| 1944 – 1946 | Francisco del Río y Cañedo | Manuel Ávila Camacho |
| 1946 – 1946 | José Luis Ignacio Rodríguez Taboada | |
| 1946 – 1947 | Armando González Mendoza (Interim) | Miguel Alemán Valdés |
| 1947 – 1952 | Primo Villa Michel | |
| 1952 – 1953 | Juan Manuel Álvarez del Castillo | Alemán Valdés Adolfo Ruiz Cortines |
| 1953 – 1954 | Ignacio Daniel Silva Arias (Interim) | Ruiz Cortines |
| 1954 – 1956 | Salvador Pardo Bolland (Interim) | |
| 1956 – 1959 | Manuel Maples Arce | Ruiz Cortines Adolfo López Mateos |
| 1959 – 1962 | Rafael de la Colina Riquelme | López Mateos |
| 1962 – 1965 | Rafael Urdaneta de la Tour | López Mateos Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
| 1965 – 1968 | Pedro Suinaga Luján | Díaz Ordaz |
| 1968 – 1977 | Rafael Urdaneta de la Tour | Díaz Ordaz Luis Echeverría José López Portillo |
| 1977 – 1983 | Agustín Barrios-Gómez-Méndez | López Portillo Miguel de la Madrid |
| 1983 – 1987 | José Andrés de Oteyza Fernández | Madrid |
| 1987 – 1989 | Ángel Emilio Carrillo Gamboa | Madrid Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
| 1989 – 1991 | Alfredo Phillips Olmedo | Salinas de Gortari |
| 1991 – 1993 | Jorge de la Vega Domínguez | |
| 1993 – 1998 | Sandra Camila Antonia Fuentes-Beráin Villenave | Salinas de Gortari Ernesto Zedillo |
| 1998 – 2001 | Ezequiel Padilla Couttolenc | Zedillo Vicente Fox |
| 2001 – 2006 | María Teresa García Segovia | Fox |
| 2006 – 2009 | Emilio Rafael José Goicoechea Luna | Felipe Calderón |
| 2009 – 2013 | Francisco Barrio Terrazas | Calderón Enrique Peña Nieto |
| 2013 – 2015 | Francisco Suárez Dávila | Peña Nieto |
| 2015 – 2017 | Agustín García López Loaeza | |
| 2017 – 2019 | Dionisio Pérez Jácome Friscione | Peña Nieto Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| 2019 – 2022 | Juan José Gómez Camacho | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| 2022 – 2023 | Arturo Hernández Basave | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| 2023 – Present | Carlos Manuel Joaquin Gonzalez | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Consulates
[edit]Mexico also maintains three consulates general, two consulates and four honorary consulates in Canada:[3]
| Location | Consulate type | Consul | Jurisdiction |
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| Montreal, Quebec | Consulate general | Alejandro Estivill | Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut |
| Toronto, Ontario | Consulate general | Porfirio Thierry Muñoz Ledo | Ontario and Manitoba |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | Consulate general | Berenice Díaz Ceballos | British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories |
| Calgary, Alberta | Consulate | Juana María Ruíz | Alberta and Saskatchewan |
| Leamington, Ontario | Consulate | Darío Alberto Bernal Acero | Essex County (South) and Ontario |
| Winnipeg, Manitoba | Honorary consulate | James Erwin Downey | N/A |
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | Honorary consulate | Galo Carrera | N/A |
| Quebec, Quebec | Honorary consulate | Micheline Dessureault | N/A |
| St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | Honorary consulate | Edward Scott Mcclellan | N/A |
Additionally, the following government secretariat departments also maintain attaché offices in the Ottawa Embassy:[3]
- Secretariat of National Defense (Military and Air Attaché Office)
- Secretariat of the Navy (Naval Attaché Office)
- Secretariat of the Economy
See also
[edit]- Canada–Mexico relations
- Embassy of Canada, Mexico City
- Foreign relations of Canada
- Foreign relations of Mexico
- List of diplomatic missions of Mexico
- Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
References
[edit]- ^ "Manual de organización de la embajada de México en Canadá" [Organizational Manual of the Embassy of Mexico in Canada] (PDF). Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (in Spanish). Government of Mexico. July 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Acervo Histórico Diplomático: Canadá" [Diplomatic Historical Archive: Canada]. Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (in Spanish). Government of Mexico. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Directorio de Oficinas" [Office Directory]. Mexican Embassy in Canada (in Spanish). Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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