Richard Fadden | |
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National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister Associate Secretary to the Cabinet | |
In office January 19, 2015 – March 31, 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Stephen Harper Justin Trudeau |
Secretary | Janice Charette |
Preceded by | Stephen Rigby |
Succeeded by | Daniel Jean |
Deputy Minister of National Defence | |
In office May 13, 2013 – January 18, 2015 | |
Minister | |
Preceded by | Robert Fonberg |
Succeeded by | John Forster |
7th Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service | |
In office June 2009 – May 2013 | |
Minister | |
Preceded by | Jim Judd |
Succeeded by | Michel Coulombe |
Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration | |
In office July 1, 2006 – June 27, 2009 | |
Minister | |
Preceded by | Janice Charette |
Succeeded by | Neil Yeates |
President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency | |
In office 2002–2005 | |
Minister | |
Preceded by | Ronald L. Doering |
Succeeded by | François Guimont |
Personal details | |
Born | September 1951 (age 73) |
Alma mater | |
Awards | Order of Canada |
Richard Brian Marcel Fadden OC (born September 1951) is a Canadian former civil servant who was the national security advisor to the prime minister of Canada and an associate secretary to the cabinet.[1] He retired from that position on March 31, 2016.[2] He had previously served as the deputy minister for the Department of National Defence from 2013 to 2015. From 2009 to 2013, he was the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). He was previously the deputy minister for Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 2006 to 2009.