Ian Shugart


Ian D. Shugart is a Canadian public servant, serving as the 24th and current Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada. Before becoming clerk in 2019, he served as the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs.

Personal life

Shugart graduated in from Trinity College at the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in political economy.

Career

Before becoming Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada, Shugart held many assistant, associate, and deputy minister positions in Canada. These included the assistant deputy minister of the health policy branch of Health Canada from 1999 to 2006, the associate deputy minister of the Environment of Environment Canada from 2006 until 2008 and the deputy minister of Employment and Social Development from July 2010. He held this position until his appointment as the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs on May 16, 2016.