List of ambassadors of Canada to Brazil

The Ambassador of Canada to Brazil is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Brazil. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Federative Republic of Brazil. The current ambassador of Canada is Emmanuel Kamarianakis who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on July 29, 2022.^[1]

Ambassador of Canada to Brazil
Incumbent Emmanuel Kamarianakis since July 29, 2022
Seat	Embassy of Canada, Brasília
Nominator	Prime Minister of Canada
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Jean Désy
Formation	June 24, 1941

The Embassy of Canada is located at SES - Av. das Nações, Quadra 803, Lote 16, 70410-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil.

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Brazil–Canada relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Brazil was established on November 14, 1940.^[2] Jean Désy was appointed as Canada's first Envoy to Brazil on June 24, 1941, and made ambassador when the legation was raised to an in 1944.^[2]

Head of mission

No.	Name	Term of office			Career	Prime Minister nominated by		Ref.
		Start Date	PoC.	End Date
1	Jean Désy	June 24, 1941	September 30, 1941	September 11, 1947	Career		W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948)
–	Evan Benjamin Rogers (Chargé d'Affaires)	September 12, 1947		June 3, 1948	Career
2	James Scott Macdonald	May 4, 1948	June 3, 1948	July 1951	Career
3	Ephraim Herbert Coleman	October 9, 1951	December 4, 1951		Non-Career		Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957)
4	Sydney David Pierce	July 6, 1953	October 27, 1953	March 22, 1956	Career
–	Fulgence Charpentier (Chargé d'Affaires)	May 26, 1956		February 18, 1957	Career
5	William Arthur Irwin	January 10, 1957	February 18, 1957		Non-Career
6	Jean Chapdelaine	August 6, 1959	September 26, 1959	October 26, 1963	Career		John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963)
7	Paul André Beaulieu	October 24, 1963	February 24, 1964	June 8, 1967	Career		Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968)
8	Joseph Charles Léonard Yvon Beaulne	August 2, 1967	October 2, 1967	February 25, 1969	Career
–	Clive Edward Glover (Chargé d'Affaires)	February 28, 1969		November 12, 1969	Career
9	Christian Hardy	July 15, 1969	November 12, 1969	July 25, 1971	Career		Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979)
10	Barry Connell Steers	July 25, 1971	August 30, 1971	October 2, 1976	Career
11	James Howard Stone	July 20, 1976	December 6, 1976	July 5, 1979	Career
12	Ronald Stuart MacLean	April 4, 1979	September 18, 1979	July 21, 1983	Career
13	Anthony Tudor Eyton	October 13, 1983	September 27, 1983	August 27, 1986	Career
14	John Peter Bell	March 26, 1987	May 9, 1987	September 24, 1990	Career		Brian Mulroney (1984-1993)
15	William L. Clarke	September 12, 1990	November 6, 1990	July 16, 1992	Career
16	William A. Dymond	August 27, 1992	September 28, 1992	August 21, 1995	Career
17	Nancy M. Stiles	August 18, 1995	September 21, 1995	July 30, 1998	Career		Jean Chrétien (1993-2003)
18	Richard Kohler	July 15, 1998	November 10, 1998	August 3, 2000	Career
19	Jean-Pierre Juneau	June 26, 2000	October 19, 2000	August 11, 2003	Career
20	Suzanne Laporte	July 15, 2003	October 9, 2003	August 14, 2005	Career
21	Guillermo Rishchynski	August 2, 2005	August 8, 2005	September 2, 2007	Career		Paul Martin (2003-2006)
22	Paul Hunt	July 31, 2007	February 13, 2008	September 5, 2010	Career		Stephen Harper (2006-2015)
–	Charles Larabie (Consul General)	July 4, 2008			Career
23	Jamal Khokhar	August 10, 2010	February 9, 2011		Career
24	Riccardo Savone	January 22, 2015	August 6, 2015	August 2, 2019	Career
25	Jennifer May	August 17, 2019	October 3, 2019	July 29, 2022	Career		Justin Trudeau (2015-Present)
26	Emmanuel Kamarianakis	July 29, 2022	August 29, 2022		Career			[1]