Head of Post

Québec Government Representative: France Dionne

In January 2004, the Délégation du Québec in Boston welcomed a new Delegate, Ms. France Dionne. From the Kamouraska region in Eastern Quebec, Ms. Dionne holds a Master Degree in Public Administration from l’Ecole nationale d’administration publique (ENAP) in Quebec City.

Most recently, strategic and regional development advisor to the Canadian Government and to various non-profit economic development organizations, she was also associate teacher at l’ENAP on political and administrative inter-relations in the public sector.

From 1985 to 1997, Ms. Dionne was a member of the Quebec National Assembly as well as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance and to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology of Quebec. She has also represented the Quebec National Assembly at the Council of State Governments.

Ms. Dionne’s experience also includes posts with the Canadian Foreign Affairs Department, most notably at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in Geneva. She also worked five years for the Royal Bank of Canada in both the loan and international sectors.