The Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister in
Canada
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's
Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is the top official of the office.
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''Canadian Parliamentary Review
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'' (Vol. 35, No. 3), 2012. The position was created in 1987 to head the PMO.["Another change by PM". '' Windsor Star'', March 13, 1987.]
Prior to the creation of the chief of staff position, the office was headed by the Prime Minister's Principal Secretary The Principal Secretary is a senior government official in various Commonwealth countries.
* Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
* Principal Secretary to the President of Pakistan
* Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Ind ...
, a position which is now secondary to the chief of staff.[ People who held the position of principal secretary prior to 1987 were essentially ''de facto'' chiefs of staff, and may sometimes be informally referred to as chiefs of staff in some sources, but did not hold the formal title chief of staff.
Bernard Roy, ]Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney ( ; born March 20, 1939) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993.
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's principal secretary from 1984 to 1988, was the last principal secretary to act as head of the PMO before the creation of the chief of staff position.[
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List of Chiefs of Staff
References
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