Stéphane Maurice Dion is a Canadian diplomat, academic and former politician who has been the Canadian ambassador to France and Monaco since 2022 and special envoy to the European Union since 2017. Dion was Leader of the Opposition and the leader of the Liberal Party from 2006 to 2008. He served in cabinets as intergovernmental affairs minister (1996–2003), environment minister (2003–2006), and foreign affairs minister (2015–2017).
Dion in 2016
"No, Mr Dion, it's not paranoia, people really do hate you!" (cartoon by Serge Chapleau, 1997)
Dion, surrounded by supporters, at the 2006 Liberal leadership convention.
Mirza Masroor Ahmad (left), leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, with Stéphane Dion (right), who was one of multiple party leaders to attend the grand opening of Baitun Nur, the largest mosque in Canada on 5 July 2008
Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)
The leader of the Official Opposition, formally known as the leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, is the politician who leads the Official Opposition in Canada, typically the leader of the party possessing the most seats in the House of Commons that is not the governing party or part of the governing coalition.
Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)
Image: Alexander Mackenzie portrait
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Image: Alexander Mackenzie portrait
