Yaprak Baltacioğlu (born 1959) is a retired Canadian public servant, lawyer, and professor of Turkish descent. She has held senior leadership positions in the Canadian public service, serving as Secretary of the Treasury Board from 2012 to 2018. Baltacioğlu retired from the public service in 2018, and was appointed as the twelfth Chancellor of

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in 2018. She is also on the faculty at the School of Public Policy and Governance at the

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where she teaches graduate courses.

Life and career

Baltacioğlu was born and raised in

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. She obtained a law degree at

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before immigrating to Canada in 1980 at the age of 21. After settling in Canada, Baltacioğlu pursued a master's in public administration at

, which introduced her to a career in the federal public service, beginning as a term employee at the

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shortly after earning her graduate degree in 1989. Baltacioğlu eventually rose to prominent leadership positions across government and was appointed as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's first female Deputy Minister in 2007. She later served as Deputy Minister for Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities from 2007 to 2012 before being appointed Secretary of the Treasury Board, a role which she would fulfill until 2018. Baltacioğlu was made a member of the

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in 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baltacioğlu, Yap 1959 births Living people Canadian people of Turkish descent Canadian women lawyers Carleton University alumni Chancellors of Carleton University Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni People from Ankara Turkish emigrants to Canada Academic staff of the University of Toronto Academics from Ottawa Members of the Order of Canada Civil servants from Ottawa Lawyers from Ottawa