Ambassador Peter MacDougall

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Office of the United Nations and to the Conference on Disarmament.

Ambassador Peter MacDougall is the Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Prior to his nomination, Ambassador MacDougall was the Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Issues and Development at Global Affairs Canada. He was also previously Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe and the Middle East. From 2016 to 2019, Ambassador MacDougall was the Ambassador of Canada to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Ambassador MacDougall joined the public service in 2000. He served in the Privy Council Office (Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet) as the Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet for Foreign and Defence Policy and Director of Operations in the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat from 2011 to 2016.