Robert Keith Rae is a Canadian diplomat and former politician who is the current Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations since 2020. He previously served as the 21st premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party from 1982 to 1996, and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2011 to 2013. Between 1978 and 2013, he was elected 11 times to federal and provincial parliaments.
Rae in 2019
The Ontario Legislative Building, from which Rae governed Ontario as the first NDP premier of the province
Retail stores along Yonge Street in Toronto, circa 1990, at a time when the issue of Sunday shopping was being debated in Ontario
Rae attending a protest in Toronto Centre
Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations
The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, known unofficially as the Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, is the Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations. The position was established in 1946 and is based at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations, which is located at 466 Lexington Avenue in New York City.
Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations
