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Ambassador of Canada to South Korea
Ambassador of Canada to South Korea
	Incumbent; Tamara Mawhinney; since April 6, 2023
Seat	Embassy of Canada, Seoul
Nominator	Prime Minister of Canada
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Richard Plant Bower
Formation	September 24, 1964

The ambassador of Canada to South Korea is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of South Korea. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Republic of Korea. The ambassador of Canada to South Korea is Tamara Mawhinney who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on April 6, 2023.^[1]

The Embassy of Canada is located at 21 Jeongdong-gil (Jeong-dong), Jung-gu, Seoul (04518), Republic of Korea.

History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic recognition of South Korea occurred on April 8, 1949. Diplomatic relations between Canada and South Korea was established on January 15, 1963.^[2] Richard Plant Bower was appointed as Canada's first ambassador in South Korea with residence in Japan on September 24, 1964.^[2] On January 17, 1974, Canada established an embassy in South Korea.^[2]

List of ambassadors of Canada to South Korea

No.	Name	Term of office			Career	Prime Minister nominated by		Ref.
No.	Name	Start Date	PoC.	End Date	Career	Prime Minister nominated by		Ref.
1	Richard Plant Bower	September 24, 1964	November 11, 1964	May 4, 1966	Career		Lester B. Pearson (1963–1968)
2	Herbert Owen Moran	February 23, 1966	July 25, 1966	December 29, 1972	Career		Lester B. Pearson (1963–1968)
3	Ross Campbell	June 8, 1972			Career		Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968–1979 & 1980–1984)
4	John Alexander Stiles	July 12, 1973	January 17, 1974	July 5, 1977	Career
5	Gerald Edward Shannon	June 30, 1977	September 1, 1977	July 23, 1978	Career
6	Derek Hudson Burney	October 12, 1978	October 6, 1978	October 6, 1980	Career
7	William Edward Bauer	February 5, 1981		1984	Career
8	Donald Wilfred Campbell	August 31, 1984	September 19, 1984	September 28, 1985	Career		John Turner (1984)
9	Reginald Hardy Dorrett	January 16, 1986	April 1, 1986	October 3, 1988	Career		Brian Mulroney (1984–1993)
10	Brian Schumacher	October 17, 1988	November 25, 1988	August 8, 1991	Career
11	Leonard J. Edwards	August 13, 1991	September 12, 1991		Career
12	Michel Perrault	May 3, 1995	June 7, 1995	July 28, 1998	Career		Jean Chrétien (1993–2003)
13	Arthur C. Perron	July 15, 1998			Career
14	Denis Comeau	July 16, 2001		July 19, 2004	Career
15	Marius Grinius	August 9, 2004	September 1, 2004		Career		Paul Martin (2003–2006)
16	Ted Lipman	July 31, 2007	August 31, 2007	April 14, 2011	Career		Stephen Harper (2006–2015)
17	David Chatterson	July 19, 2011	November 7, 2011	October 9, 2014	Career
18	Eric Walsh	January 29, 2015	February 12, 2015	July 31, 2018	Career
19	Michael Danagher	September 4, 2018	December 26, 2018	September 28, 2021	Career		Justin Trudeau (2015–Present)
20	Mark Fletcher	December 20, 2021	April 25, 2022		Career			^[3]
21	Tamara Mawhinney	April 6, 2023			Career			^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Orders In Council PC 2023-0328". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. April 6, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c DeLong 2020, p. 51.
^ "Orders In Council PC 2021-1053". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Government of Canada. December 20, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2023.