Anne Leahy is a Canadian educator and former diplomat. She was born in Quebec City, Quebec and received a BA in economics from

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and a MA in economics from the University of Toronto. From 1974 to 1976, she was posted to the Mission of Canada to the European Community in Brussels. From 1982 to 1986, she was Counsellor and Representative to the Development Assistance Committee for the

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries ...

in Paris. From 1989 to 1992, she was ambassador to Cameroon,

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and the Central African Republic. From 1993 to 1996, she was ambassador to Poland and, from 1996 to 1999, to Russia, Armenia, Uzbekistan and Belarus. Leahy was Federal Coordinator for

World Youth Day 2002 The 17th World Youth Day 2002 (french: Journées mondiales de la jeunesse 2002) was a Catholic youth festival held July 23 to 28, 2002, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. World Youth Day is a celebration of faith begun by Pope Saint John Paul II held ...

. From 2004 to 2007, she was ambassador to the

Great Lakes Region of Africa The African Great Lakes ( sw, Maziwa Makuu; rw, Ibiyaga bigari) are a series of lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African Rift. They include Lake Victoria, the second-largest fresh water lake in the wo ...

. She was co-chair of the Group of Friends of the Great Lakes of the International Conference for Peace, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region. From 2008 to 2012, she was Ambassador of Canada to the Holy See in Rome. After retiring, she was named Papal Transition Coordinator for Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs in 2013. From 1999 to 2000, Leahy was diplomat in residence at York University. In 2002, she became the founding director for the Institut d'études internationales de Montréal at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is adjunct professor at the School of Religious Studies at McGill University.

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