Canadian Ambassador to the Republic of Austria
Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna

Mr. Barrett is currently Ambassador to the Republic of Austria and Permanent Represen- tative to the International Organisations in Vienna. Previously he was Policy Officer for the international Security and Arms Control Affairs Bureau, Department of External Affairs and subsequently took on the same role for the NATO Political Affairs Division. Between 1994 and 1999 he was Director of Policy Plan-
ning & Speechwriting and of the Political Affairs Division, NATO International Staff. Afterwards Mr. Bar- rett became Acting Director of Public Policy of the Department of National Defence, from 200 to 2003 he was Senior Communications Advisor and Speechwriter to the Governor General of Canada. In 2004 and 2005 Mr. Barrett was Director of the Communications and Consultations Secretariat of the Privy Council Office and subsequently Director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Before taking on his role as Ambassador, Mr. Barrett was Direc- tor General of the Strategic Planning, Resources and Coordination Bureau of the non-proliferation and disarmament Division of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.
Mr. Barrett achieved his B.A. in Political Science and his M.A. in Political Theory and International Relations from the University of Toronto. He achieved a PhD at the London School of Economics and carried out postdoctoral research at the University in Tübingen, Germany and the University of Bri- tish Columbia. Mr. Barrett fluently speaks English, French and German. He was born 1951 in Toronto, Canada, is married and father of two.

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  Josef Pröll

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  Brigitte Jank

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  Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer

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  Lord Michael Hastings CBE

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  Douglas C. Freeman

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  Carmen J. Smith

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  Simon Smith

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  William C. Eacho, III

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  John Barret

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  Andrés Tapia

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  Ellen Seßar-Karpp

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  Michael Bird

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  Christian M. Baldia

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  Hans W. Jablonski

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  Reinhold Lopatka

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  Rudolf Hundstorfer

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  Bibiana Mbuh Taku

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  Hilmar Kroat-Reder