Julie Loranger

Julie Loranger (born 1937) is a Canadian lawyer and former Ambassador to Spain and to Cuba (1992–1993).

Early life and education Born in 1937 in Montreal, Quebec, Loranger hails from a family of lawyers. She earned a civil law degree from the McGill University Faculty of Law in 1959, where she described being one of the few women in her class: "The fellows laughed at us all year but stopped at the end when we came out with the top marks." Shortly after she was admitted to the Bar of Quebec, in 1960, she sailed to France to continue her academic pursuits. She earned a BA from the University of Paris, an MA in international law from Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, and a doctorate in the philosophy of education from the University of Navarra in Spain.

Maureen O'Neil replaced her at the Office of the Status of Women in 1978 after Loranger became Canada's second consul general to Strasbourg, a post she would hold for four years. By 1984, she was again working in External Affairs, then as director of Western European affairs. She later served as the Ambassador to Spain in the 1980s and to Cuba from 1992 to 1993, when she announced her retirement.