Today Peter McGovern, the new non-resident High Commissioner of Canada to Malta presented his credentials to His Excellency Dr. George Abela, President of Malta.

“I am honoured to have been appointed as High Commissioner to Malta,” stated High Commissioner McGovern. “Canada and Malta share a warm relationship reinforced by a strong and vibrant Maltese-Canadian population.

“Now that Canada and the European Union have reached a historic agreement in principle on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the trade and investment ties between Canada and Malta will be further reinforced, to the benefit of both of our countries. I look forward to continuing to build our people-to-people, trade and political ties, with the ongoing and invaluable support of our Honorary Consul and Consulate in Valletta.”

Born in Montreal, Peter McGovern began his diplomatic career with the Department of External Affairs in 1982. In Ottawa, Mr. McGovern has held assignments as Director of the Team Canada Division, Director General of the United States and Mexico Commercial Relations Bureau, Director General of both the Asia and the Latin America bureaus, Executive Director for Critical Incidents and Assistant Deputy Minister for the Summits Management Office.

Abroad, Mr. McGovern has served in Tunis, Tripoli, Brussels (at Canada’s NATO mission) and Paris (with Canada’s delegation to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). He also served as Consul General in Milan, Italy, from 2001 to 2005. Most recently, Mr. McGovern was Assistant Deputy Minister for investment, innovation, business development and Asia, as well as the Chief Trade Commissioner.

Mr. McGovern was also the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Concurrently, Mr. McGovern served as a member of the boards of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the Trade Facilitation Office, as well as being a member of the Canadian National Committee for EUREKA.

In July 2013, Peter McGovern was appointed High Commissioner to the Republic of Malta, Ambassador to the Italian Republic, the Republic of San Marino and the Republic of Albania, and Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

Mr. McGovern was born in Montreal and educated at McGill University and Birkbeck College, University of London. He is married to Sharon, and they have a son, D’Arcy. Mr. McGovern replaces James Fox.

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