Diplomatic Circles

DM Peter Boehm earns colleagues’ respect as mentor, mental health advocate

Leading the government's foreign aid portfolio, the new DM has worked his way up his department over 30 years in the public service.

Peter Boehm, a longtime foreign service officer recently made deputy minister of international development, in front of a Neil Young poster hanging in his office at Global Affairs last week.The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

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BY CHELSEA NASH

September 7, 2016

When I emailed Peter Boehm, the new deputy minister for international development, for an interview, he responded almost immediately. He’d be happy to speak with me, either over the phone or to meet me in person at his office. It was a pleasant surprise: high-level g...

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