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Formed | 2 September 1972[1] |
Jurisdiction | Province of Alberta |
Agency executive |
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Alberta Intergovernmental Relations (or the Ministry of Intergovernment Relations) is the Alberta provincial ministry for international relations and relations with the Canadian federal government and the other provincial governments in Canada. Since 2014, it has been held concurrently by the Premier of Alberta. It was formerly called Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations
Alberta's envoys to the United States manage the important relationship between Alberta and the US from the Alberta Washington Office within the Canadian embassy. Currently, Gitane De Silva serves as envoy to the United States, or officially as "Senior Representative to the United States". She has held the position since 1 January 2016, taking over from Rob Merrifield, who was appointed as the envoy in September 2014. [4] [5] Previously, Gary Mar has also been envoy to the US, he was appointed 27 September 2007. He resigned the post on 16 March 2011 to contest the provincial Conservative party leadership and later became Alberta's envoy to Asia.
Through the ministry, Alberta maintains offices and provincial envoys at the Canadian embassies or consulates in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Berlin, Mexico City, London, Seoul and Tokyo. [6]