Embassy of Mexico, Ottawa explained

Post:Embassy of Mexico in Canada
Native Name:Embajada de México en Canadá
Flag:Flag of Mexico.svg
Flagsize:120px
Insignia:SRE Logo 2019.svg
Insigniasize:180px
Incumbent:Carlos Manuel Joaquin Gonzalez
Incumbentsince:2023
Type:Diplomatic mission
Status:Active
Style:Excellency
Seat:World Exchange Plaza Tower I
45 O'Connor St
Ottawa, ON
Appointer:President of Mexico
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Termlength:No set term length
Formation:1944
First:Francisco del Río y Cañedo
Website:www.embamex.sre.gob.mx/canada

The Embassy of Mexico in Canada, based out of Ottawa, is the primary diplomatic mission from Mexico to Canada.

Relations between the two nations were formally established on 30 January 1944, with Mexico eventually opening a consulate in Montreal in 1952. This consulate was later upgraded to an embassy and moved to Ottawa.[1]

Location

The Embassy is located at 45 O´Connor Street, Suite 1000, Ottawa, Ontario.

Ambassadors

The following is a list of Ambassadors from Mexico to Canada since the formation of relations:[2]

Term Ambassador President
1944 – 1946 Manuel Ávila Camacho
1946 – 1946 José Luis Ignacio Rodríguez Taboada
1946 – 1947 Armando González Mendoza (Interim) Miguel Alemán Valdés
1947 – 1952 Primo Villa Michel
1952 – 1953 Juan Manuel Álvarez del Castillo Alemán Valdés
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
1953 – 1954 Ignacio Daniel Silva Arias (Interim) Ruiz Cortines
1954 – 1956 Salvador Pardo Bolland (Interim)
1956 – 1959 Ruiz Cortines
Adolfo López Mateos
1959 – 1962 Rafael de la Colina Riquelme López Mateos
1962 – 1965 Rafael Urdaneta de la Tour López Mateos
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
1965 – 1968 Pedro Suinaga Luján Díaz Ordaz
1968 – 1977 Rafael Urdaneta de la Tour Díaz Ordaz
Luis Echeverría
José López Portillo
1977 – 1983 Agustín Barrios-Gómez-Méndez López Portillo
Miguel de la Madrid
1983 – 1987 José Andrés de Oteyza Fernández Madrid
1987 – 1989 Ángel Emilio Carrillo Gamboa Madrid
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
1989 – 1991 Alfredo Phillips Olmedo Salinas de Gortari
1991 – 1993 Jorge de la Vega Domínguez
1993 – 1998 Sandra Camila Antonia Fuentes-Beráin Villenave Salinas de Gortari
Ernesto Zedillo
1998 – 2001 Ezequiel Padilla Couttolenc Zedillo
Vicente Fox
2001 – 2006 María Teresa García Segovia Fox
2006 – 2009 Emilio Rafael José Goicoechea Luna Felipe Calderón
2009 – 2013 Calderón
Enrique Peña Nieto
2013 – 2015 Peña Nieto
2015 – 2017 Agustín García López Loaeza
2017 – 2019 Peña Nieto
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
2019 – 2022 Andrés Manuel López Obrador
2022 – 2023Andrés Manuel López Obrador
2023 – PresentAndrés Manuel López Obrador

Consulates

Mexico also maintains three consulates general, two consulates and four honorary consulates in Canada:[3]

Location Consulate type Consul Jurisdiction
Consulate general Alejandro Estivill Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut
Consulate general Porfirio Thierry Muñoz Ledo Ontario and Manitoba
Consulate general Berenice Díaz Ceballos British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories
Consulate Juana María Ruíz Alberta and Saskatchewan
Consulate Darío Alberto Bernal Acero Essex County (South) and Ontario
Honorary consulate James Erwin Downey N/A
Honorary consulate Galo Carrera N/A
Honorary consulate Micheline Dessureault N/A
Honorary consulate Edward Scott Mcclellan N/A

Additionally, the following government secretariat departments also maintain attaché offices in the Ottawa Embassy:[3]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Manual de organización de la embajada de México en Canadá . . July 2004 . Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico . Government of Mexico . PDF . 25 March 2019 . Spanish . Organizational Manual of the Embassy of Mexico in Canada.
  2. Web site: Acervo Histórico Diplomático: Canadá . . 14 December 2018 . Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico . Government of Mexico . 25 March 2019 . Spanish . Diplomatic Historical Archive: Canada.
  3. Web site: Directorio de Oficinas . . 17 February 2016 . Mexican Embassy in Canada . Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico . 25 March 2019 . Spanish . Office Directory.

External links

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