Roger Anthony Bull
Encyclopedia
Roger Anthony Bull is a former Canadian diplomat
. He was appointed Chargé d'Affairs a.i. to Italy
then later appointed concurrently as High Commissioner to Zimbabwe
and Botswana
and as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Angola
and Mozambique
. He was appointed Consul General in Seattle, Washington in 1990, and resigned from the department in 1993 to assume the position of first Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER,) a post he held until 1999. PNWER is composed of state and provincial law-makers from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, as well as British Columbia and Alberta.
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
. He was appointed Chargé d'Affairs a.i. to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
then later appointed concurrently as High Commissioner to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
and Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
and as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
and Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
. He was appointed Consul General in Seattle, Washington in 1990, and resigned from the department in 1993 to assume the position of first Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER,) a post he held until 1999. PNWER is composed of state and provincial law-makers from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, as well as British Columbia and Alberta.