Daniel Jean

Daniel Jean

Mr. Daniel Jean served as the National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada (2016-2018). Prior to this role, he held positions as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013-2016) and Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage (2010-2013). From 2007 to 2010, he held various important deputy ministerial posts, first as Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board and then as Deputy Secretary (Operations) at the Privy Council Office.

Before his appointment as deputy minister, Daniel had a stimulating career in international relations and migration issues in Canada and abroad, with two assignments in Haiti, two separate assignments in the United States, in Buffalo then Washington, and one in Hong Kong. He received an Excellence Award from the Public Service and a Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers Award for his efforts following the coup that removed Haiti’s first democratically elected government in 1991.

Daniel is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo with an M.B.A. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Ottawa, where he earned a B.A. in Social Sciences with a specialization in International Relations and a concentration in Economics. He is a Professional-in-Residence at the University of Ottawa’s School of Public and International Affairs, an Emeritus Member of the Canada School of Public Service, an Associate Member of the Multidimensional Conflict

Observatory at the Raoul-Dandurand Chair at UQAM, and a member of the Strategic Analysis Network’s Strategic Advisory Council. Daniel is an active volunteer with Centraide Outaouais, where he previously chaired the board of directors.