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Louise Fréchette, OC
Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian order and is the centrepiece of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada. Membership in the order is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, taken from Epistle to the Hebrews 11:16, desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning "They desire a better country."...
, (born July 16, 1946) was United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General

In 1997, United Nations Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan announced a series of reforms at the United Nations, including the creation of the post of Deputy Secretary-General who would handle many of the administrative responsibilities, help manage UN Secretariat operations, and ensure coherence of activities and programmes....
 for eight years, and a long-time Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 diplomat
Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace-making, trade, war, economics and culture....
 and public servant. She is currently serving a three year term at the Centre for International Governance Innovation
Centre for International Governance Innovation

The Centre for International Governance Innovation is a Canadian not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank based in Waterloo, Ontario, Ontario in Canada that conducts research, holds conferences, and publishes working papers and books, and makes policy recommendations on international governance issues....
, an international relations and policy think-tank in Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario

Waterloo is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, and is adjacent to the larger city of Kitchener, Ontario....
, working on a major research project on nuclear energy
Nuclear energy

Nuclear energy is released by the splitting or merging together of the Atomic nucleus of atom. The conversion of nuclear mass to energy is consistent with the mass-energy equivalence formula ?E = ?m.c?, in which ?E = energy release, ?m = mass defect, and c = the speed of light in a vacuum ....
 and the world's security.

She was born in Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
. In 1971, shortly after graduating with a degree in history from the Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal

Universit? de Montr?al is a Public_university#Canada francophone university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the ?cole Polytechnique de Montr?al and HEC Montr?al ....
 and from the College of Europe
College of Europe

The College of Europe is an independent university institute of postgraduate European studies, with two campuses, one in Bruges, Belgium, and since 1992 one in Natolin, Poland....
 (Bruges) with a postgraduate Certificate of Advanced European Studies
Certificate of Advanced European Studies

The Certificate of Advanced European Studies is a postgraduate qualification that was awarded by the College of Europe, a postgraduate elite school in Bruges, from its foundation in 1949 until the early 1990s, upon completion of its 1-year programme....
, Fréchette joined Canada's Department of External Affairs.






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Louise Fréchette, OC
Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian order and is the centrepiece of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada. Membership in the order is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, taken from Epistle to the Hebrews 11:16, desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning "They desire a better country."...
, (born July 16, 1946) was United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General

In 1997, United Nations Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan announced a series of reforms at the United Nations, including the creation of the post of Deputy Secretary-General who would handle many of the administrative responsibilities, help manage UN Secretariat operations, and ensure coherence of activities and programmes....
 for eight years, and a long-time Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 diplomat
Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace-making, trade, war, economics and culture....
 and public servant. She is currently serving a three year term at the Centre for International Governance Innovation
Centre for International Governance Innovation

The Centre for International Governance Innovation is a Canadian not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank based in Waterloo, Ontario, Ontario in Canada that conducts research, holds conferences, and publishes working papers and books, and makes policy recommendations on international governance issues....
, an international relations and policy think-tank in Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo, Ontario

Waterloo is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, and is adjacent to the larger city of Kitchener, Ontario....
, working on a major research project on nuclear energy
Nuclear energy

Nuclear energy is released by the splitting or merging together of the Atomic nucleus of atom. The conversion of nuclear mass to energy is consistent with the mass-energy equivalence formula ?E = ?m.c?, in which ?E = energy release, ?m = mass defect, and c = the speed of light in a vacuum ....
 and the world's security.

She was born in Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
. In 1971, shortly after graduating with a degree in history from the Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal

Universit? de Montr?al is a Public_university#Canada francophone university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the ?cole Polytechnique de Montr?al and HEC Montr?al ....
 and from the College of Europe
College of Europe

The College of Europe is an independent university institute of postgraduate European studies, with two campuses, one in Bruges, Belgium, and since 1992 one in Natolin, Poland....
 (Bruges) with a postgraduate Certificate of Advanced European Studies
Certificate of Advanced European Studies

The Certificate of Advanced European Studies is a postgraduate qualification that was awarded by the College of Europe, a postgraduate elite school in Bruges, from its foundation in 1949 until the early 1990s, upon completion of its 1-year programme....
, Fréchette joined Canada's Department of External Affairs. She was posted to the Canadian embassy in Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
 before joining Canada's UN delegation in Geneva
Geneva

Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie . Situated where the Rh?ne River exits Lake Geneva , it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva....
 in 1978.

In 1985, at the age of 39, she was named Canada's ambassador to Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. In 1989, she was sent on a secret mission to Cuba
Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
 to lobby Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976 and then president, premier until his resignation from the office in February 2008....
 to support the Gulf War
Gulf War

"Persian Gulf War" and "First Gulf War" redirect here. For other uses, see Persian Gulf War .The Persian Gulf War was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a Coalition of Gulf War from 34 nations commissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait of Kuwait in August 1990....
. While unsuccessful, she impressed Ottawa with her efforts and was named Canada's ambassador to the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 in 1992.

In 1995, she left the foreign service to become assistant deputy minister of finance in Ottawa
Ottawa

Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
. She was later promoted to deputy minister
Deputy Minister (Canada)

In Canada, a Deputy Minister is the senior civil servant in a government department and assists the Minister assigned responsibility for the department in day-to-day operations....
 of national defense, the first woman to hold that position.

In 1997, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan, Order of St Michael and St George is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh United Nations Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 2007....
 announced a series of reforms at the world body, including the creation of the position of deputy secretary-general to handle many of the administrative responsibilities which had previously been the responsibility of the secretary-general. Fréchette was offered the position and accepted and has been responsible for overseeing numerous reforms at the UN.

In 1998, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian order and is the centrepiece of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada. Membership in the order is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, taken from Epistle to the Hebrews 11:16, desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning "They desire a better country."...
.

In 2005, after being criticized by former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker
Paul Volcker

Paul Adolph Volcker is an American economist. He was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve under President of the United Statess Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan ....
 for failed management of the Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 Oil-for-Food Program, Frechette announced her resignation.

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