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CP NewsAlert: Carney names former UN ambassador as chief of staff

  • David Baxter

    David Baxter

  • Canadian Press

  • June 1, 2025

Marc-Andre Blanchard has been named Prime Minister Mark Carney's permanent chief of stadd. Then Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Marc-Andre Blanchard speaks to media during the Liberal cabinet retreat in Winnipeg, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's named Marc-Andre Blanchard, Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations, as his permanent chief of staff.

Carney made the announcement on social media and says Blanchard will start in July once former cabinet minister Marco Mendicino's time as interim chief of staff comes to an end.

More to come.