Peter Boehm
Peter M. Boehm | |
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Boehm in 2020 | |
| Canadian Senator for Ontario | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2018 | |
| Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
| Appointed by | Julie Payette |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Deputy Minister for the G7 Summit and Personal Representative of the Prime Minister (Sherpa) | |
| In office June 2017 – September 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Deputy Minister of International Development | |
| In office 2016–2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Ambassador of Canada to Germany | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Paul Dubois |
| Succeeded by | Marie Gervais-Vidricaire |
| Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States | |
| In office 1997–2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Brian Dickson |
| Succeeded by | Paul D. Durand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Michael Boehm April 26, 1954 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Independent Senators Group |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh Carleton University Wilfrid Laurier University |
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Peter Michael Boehm (born April 26, 1954) is a Canadian politician, former diplomat and deputy minister. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in October 2018. Boehm was ambassador of Canada to Germany from 2008 to 2012. He was associate deputy minister and then senior associate deputy minister at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada from 2012 to 2016. He became deputy minister of international development in March 2016, and on July 31, 2017, was appointed deputy minister for the 2018 G7 Summit. He also continued as the Canadian "Sherpa" or personal representative of the prime minister for the G7 summits, as well as the Nuclear Security Summit.
On October 3, 2018, Boehm was nominated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the Senate after he was recommended by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments.