A discussion with Dennis Horak, former Ambassador of Canada to Saudi Arabia...
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Description
Event Description - Insights on Saudi Arabia and the Middle East
Speaker Biography
Dennis Horak, (BA Honours [Political Science] York University, MSc Econ. [International Relations], London School of Economics, joined the Department of External Affairs in 1987. He has had overseas assignments as a Political officer in Stockholm (1989-90) Warsaw (1990-93), Riyadh (1996-99) and London (2002-06). He was appointed as Head of Mission/Chargé d’affaires in Tehran (2009-12) and as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain and Yemen (2015-18). Headquarters assignments have included assignments as Director of the Gulf and Maghreb Division and as Director of the Middle East Division. He retired in September 2018 and currently lives in Toronto with his wife Sally.
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CIC Halifax in partnership with The Centre for the Study of Security and Development, Dalhousie University.