David Butler-Jones | |
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1st Chief Public Health Officer of Canada | |
In office October 23, 2004 – June 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Paul Martin Stephen Harper |
Succeeded by | Gregory W. Taylor |
Personal details | |
Occupation | Physician |
David Butler-Jones is a Canadian physician and public servant who served as the 1st chief public health officer of Canada from the position's formation on October 23, 2004 to June 2013. The chief public health officer was the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) until the 2014 omnibus budget bill, in which the 28th Canadian Ministry of Stephen Harper decided to reorganize the management structure of PHAC and institute a parallel Presidential structure to govern the organization that then could be staffed by non-medical and non-scientific personnel.[1]