Honorific-Prefix: | Her Excellency |
Alexandra Bugailiskis | |
Order: | 24th |
Ambassador From: | Canadian |
Country: | Italy |
Term Start: | August 2017 |
Term End: | December 2021 |
Birth Date: | 9 January 1956 |
Birth Place: | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
Alma Mater: | Carleton University (BA Hons) Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (MA Hons) |
Occupation: | Diplomat |
Alexandra Bugailiskis (born January 9, 1956) is a Canadian former diplomat. In March 2022, she retired from Global Affairs Canada after a 39 year diplomatic career.[1] In January 2023, she was appointed Chair of the International Advisory Committee of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health[2] (UNU-INWEH), known as the UN's Think Tank on Water, based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, From August 2017 until her retirement, she served as the Canadian Ambassador to the Italian Republic, as well as Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to San Marino,[3] and to Albania, as well as High Commissioner to Malta.
Bugailiskis was born on January 9, 1956, in Hamilton, Ontario. She graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs with a Master of Arts.[4]
Bugailiskis is the Chair of the International Advisory Committee of the United Nation University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) in Hamilton, CanadaShe is also a member of the Distinguished Advisory Council of NPSIA. She was previously a member of the Advisory Board of the Canadian Executive MBA (CEMBA) at the SGH-Warsaw School of Economics, and of the Board of Directors of FOCAL, The Canadian Foundation for the Americas.