Biography
Tim Martin, Representative of Canada in Kandahar (RoCK)
Tim Martin assumed his duties as the new Representative of Canada in Kandahar in August 2010. Previously, he served as Canada’s Ambassador to Argentina and Paraguay. From September 2005 to August 2007, he served as Senior Director of the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force Secretariat (START) at the Department of Foreign Affairs Canada. From 2003 to 2005, he directed the Peacebuilding and Human Security division and held the post of Chairman of the Kimberley Process on Conflict Diamonds for 2004.
Mr. Martin served in the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi with responsibility for political affairs, including concurrent accreditation to Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Somalia and Eritrea. While in Nairobi, he was also Canada's Deputy Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN Habitat. In 1998, he opened the Canadian Representative Office in Ramallah where he served as Canada's representative to the Palestinian Authority for three years. Additionally, he has been posted to Addis Ababa and Bridgetown.
He is a recipient of the Treasury Board's Award of Excellence in the Public Service for his leadership respecting Canada's humanitarian assistance to Palestinian children affected by conflict. He also served as Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and has held positions in Foreign Affairs and the Canadian International Development Agency related to the Caribbean, Central America and the Horn of Africa.
