Peter Boehm

Peter Michael Boehm (born April 26, 1954) is a Canadian politician, former diplomat and deputy minister. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in October 2018. Boehm was ambassador of Canada to Germany from 2008 to 2012. He was associate deputy minister and then senior associate deputy minister at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada from 2012 to 2016. He became deputy minister of international development in March 2016, and on July 31, 2017, was appointed deputy minister for the 2018 G7 Summit. He also continued as the Canadian "Sherpa" or personal representative of the prime minister for the G7 summits, as well as the Nuclear Security Summit.

On October 3, 2018, Boehm was nominated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the Senate after he was recommended by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments.

Education Boehm holds a PhD in history from the University of Edinburgh with the thesis 'Towards principled influence : an overview of Canadian foreign policy, 1943-1948', a master's degree in international relations from Carleton University and an honours bachelor's degree in English and history from Wilfrid Laurier University. From 2008 to 2012 he was Canadian ambassador in Berlin. In November 2012 he was appointed associate deputy minister (and later, senior associate deputy minister) of Foreign Affairs.

He was the deputy minister of international development from March 2016, and in June 2017 he was appointed as the deputy minister for the G7 Summit.

He was chair of the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade in the 45th Canadian Parliament.