Jocelyne Bourgon

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Jocelyne Bourgon, PC , OC is a Canadian public servant.

Born in Papineauville, Quebec, she graduated in management from the Université de Montréal and the University of Ottawa before joining the civil service in 1974. In her career she organized several First Ministers conferences, as well as conferences leading to the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement.

She was appointed Deputy Minister in 1989 and was in charge of constitutional negotiatins leading to the Charlottetown Accord. She was then attached to the Department of Transport before becoming president of the Canadian International Development Agency and Deputy Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.

In 1994, she was appointed Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Canadian Cabinet becoming the first woman to be head of the public service. As such, she implemented a number of reforms and modernization and oversaw the reduction of the public service by 47,000 jobs. Upon retiring in 1998, she was named to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, giving her the right to use the prenominal title "The Honourable".

Bourgon served as President of the Canadian Centre for Management Development from 1999 to 2003 and is now president emeritus of the school.

She is active on numerous international boards and committees and is president of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management.

In 2001, she was named to the Order of Canada, and in 2003 was named Canada's ambassador to the OECD.

Government offices
Preceded by Glen Scott Shortliffe	Clerk of the Privy Council 1994-1999	Succeeded by Mel Cappe