Stéphane Dion

His Excellency The Honourable Stéphane Dion PC
Canadian Ambassador to Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2017
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Marie Gervais-Vidricaire
Special Envoy of Canada to the European Union and Europe
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2017
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Position established
12th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 4 November 2015 – 10 January 2017
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Rob Nicholson
Succeeded by	Chrystia Freeland
Leader of the Opposition
In office 2 December 2006 – 10 December 2008
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Bill Graham
Succeeded by	Michael Ignatieff
Leader of the Liberal Party
In office 2 December 2006 – 10 December 2008
Deputy	Michael Ignatieff
Preceded by	Bill Graham (interim)
Succeeded by	Michael Ignatieff
Minister of the Environment
In office 20 July 2004 – 6 February 2006
Prime Minister	Paul Martin
Preceded by	David Anderson
Succeeded by	Rona Ambrose
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
In office 25 January 1996 – 11 December 2003
Prime Minister	Jean Chrétien
Preceded by	Marcel Massé
Succeeded by	Pierre Pettigrew
President of the Privy Council
In office 25 January 1996 – 11 December 2003
Prime Minister	Jean Chrétien
Preceded by	Marcel Massé
Succeeded by	Denis Coderre
Member of Parliament for Saint-Laurent Saint-Laurent—Cartierville (1996–2015)
In office 25 March 1996 – 6 February 2017
Preceded by	Shirley Maheu
Succeeded by	Emmanuella Lambropoulos
Personal details
Born	Stéphane Maurice Dion (1955-09-28) 28 September 1955 (age 69) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Janine Krieber
Children	1 daughter
Education	Laval University (BA, MA) Sciences Po (PhD)
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Stéphane Maurice Dion (born 28 September 1955) is a Canadian diplomat and former politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet headed by Justin Trudeau from 2015 to 2017.^[1]

He was a Member of Parliament of Canada for the riding of Saint-Laurent—Cartierville in Montreal since 1996. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons of Canada from 2006 to 2008.

Since 2017 he has been ambassador to the European Union and Germany.

References

1. Wherry, Aaron (4 November 2015). "The redemption of Stéphane Dion". Maclean's. Retrieved 4 November 2015.