The Embassy of Canada to Romania in
Bucharest
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is the
diplomatic mission of Canada to
Romania
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. The embassy provides consular services to
Canadian citizens residing or travelling in Romania,
Bulgaria
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, and
Moldova
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.
History
Canada appointed its first resident ambassador to Romania in 1967.
A new four-storey chancery building was
inaugurated in December 2006 and is located at 1-3, Tuberozelor Street in Bucharest. Its striking architecture includes pre-oxidized copper panels on two building faces.
On June 15, 2009,
Lawrence Cannon
Lawrence Cannon, (born December 6, 1947) is a Canadian politician from Quebec and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Quebec lieutenant. In early 2006, he was made the Minister of Transport. On October 30, 2008, he relinquished oversight of T ...
,
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
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, announced the appointment of
Philippe Beaulne
Philippe Beaulne is a Canadian diplomat.
Biography
Philippe Beaulne graduated from University of Ottawa and joined the Department of External Affairs in 1982 and has served in Port-au-Prince (twice), Paris and Dakar. In 2001, Beaulne was appo ...
as Ambassador to Romania, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Bulgaria, and High Commissioner to the
Republic of Cyprus.
Joanne Lemay became the Ambassador to Romania in August 2013. She was succeeded by
Kevin Hamilton, who was appointed as Ambassador in June 2016, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova.
Ambassadors
Canada-Romania relations
Bilateral relations at embassy level were initiated on April 3, 1967.
Romania’s Embassy in
Ottawa
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was opened in 1970. Romania has three consulates general, in
Montreal
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,
Toronto
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,
Romanian Consulate General in Toronto
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, and an honorary consulate in Moncton
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. Both countries are members of NATO
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.
Romania's senior official in Ottawa currently is Mr. Bogdan Manoiu, Chargé d'affaires.
See also
* Canadians of Romanian descent
Romanian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Romanian descent or Romania-born people who reside in Canada.
According to the Canadian Census data of 2021, there are 215,885 Romanian-Canadians. Some sources estimates that this number might be as ...
References
External links
Embassy of Canada to Romania
Canadian Foreign Affairs and International Trade Office about relations with Romania
Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Canada
{{Diplomatic missions in Romania
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
1976 establishments in Romania
Canada–Romania relations
Canada
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