Bio – Richard Dubuc

Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

(BA Political Science, University Laval, 1991; MA International Relations University Laval, 1997) Joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1998. During his time at headquarters, he was desk officer in the Middle East and Maghreb Division, responsible for trade and environmental policy in the Environmental Services Division, senior trade commissioner in the South Asia Division and deputy director in the Strategic Initiatives Division. Abroad, he has been Senior Trade Commissioner in Ecuador (2000-2003), Egypt (2005-2008), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with simultaneous accreditation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Yemen (2009-2013), South Korea (2013-2016), Singapore (2016-2021) and Turkiye, with simultaneous accreditation in Azerbaijan and Georgia (2021-2024). He is married with two daughters