Deborah Lyons | |
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 Lyons in Kandahar in 2014 | |
| Special Representative for Afghanistan | |
| In office 24 March 2020 – 16 June 2022 | |
| Secretary-General | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Tadamichi Yamamoto |
| Succeeded by | Roza Otunbayeva |
| Canadian Ambassador to Israel | |
| In office 19 July 2016 – 2020 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Vivian Bercovici |
| Succeeded by | Lisa Stadelbauer |
| Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
| In office 10 July 2013 – August 2016 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Glenn V. Davidson |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Neufeld |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Education | BA University of New Brunswick, 1971 |
Deborah Lyons is a Canadian diplomat. She served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) during 2020 to 2022. Prior to her United Nations posting, she was Canada's ambassador to Israel (2016–2020) and to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2013–2016). In October 2023, she was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to replace Irwin Cotler as Canada's Special Envoy on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism.