Alexandra Bugailiskis

{{Short description|Canadian diplomat}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alexandra Bugailiskis

| image = Alexandra Bugailiskis 2012.jpg

| caption = Bugailiskis in 2012

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|01|09}}

| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

| alma_mater = Carleton University (BA Hons) Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (MA Hons)

| occupation = Diplomat

| office1 = Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Albania

| term_start1 = 25 October 2017

| term_end1 = 17 November 2021

| predecessor1 = Peter McGovern

| successor1 = Elissa Golberg

| monarch1 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister1 = Justin Trudeau

| office2 = Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy

| term_start2 = 17 August 2017

| term_end2 = 17 November 2021

| predecessor2 = Peter McGovern

| successor2 = Elissa Golberg

| monarch2 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister2 = Justin Trudeau

| office3 = Canadian High Commissioner to Malta

| term_start3 = 25 October 2017

| term_end3 = 17 November 2022

| predecessor3 = Peter McGovern

| successor3 = Elissa Golberg

| monarch3 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister3 = Justin Trudeau

| office4 = Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to San Marino

| term_start4 = 17 August 2017

| term_end4 = 17 November 2022

| predecessor4 = Peter McGovern

| successor4 = Elissa Golberg

| monarch4 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister4 = Justin Trudeau

| office5 = 5th Canadian Permanent Representative to World Food Programme

| term_start5 = 17 August 2017

| term_end5 = 17 November 2021

| predecessor5 = Peter McGovern

| successor5 = Elissa Golberg

| monarch5 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister5 = Justin Trudeau

| office6 = 5th Canadian Permanent Representative to the International Fund for Agricultural Development

| term_start6 = 17 August 2017

| term_end6 = 17 November 2021

| predecessor6 = Peter McGovern

| successor6 = Elissa Golberg

| monarch6 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister6 = Justin Trudeau

| office7 = 5th Canadian Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

| term_start7 = 17 August 2017

| term_end7 = 17 November 2021

| predecessor7 = Peter McGovern

| successor7 = Elissa Golberg

| monarch7 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister7 = Justin Trudeau

| office8 = Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe, the Middle East and the Maghreb

| term_start8 = 2015

| term_end8 = 2017

| predecessor8 = Dan Costello

| successor8 = Stefanie Beck

| order8 =

| monarch8 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister8 =

| office9 = Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Poland

| term_start9 = 6 September 2012

| term_end9 = 9 October 2015

| predecessor9 = Daniel Costello

| successor9 = Stephen De Boer

| monarch9 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister9 = Stephen Harper

| office10 = Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cuba

| term_start10 = 15 July 2003

| term_end10 = 3 August 2007

| predecessor10 = Michael Small

| successor10 = Jean-Pierre Juneau

| monarch10 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister10= {{plainlist|

• Jean Chrétien
• Paul Martin
• Stephen Harper

}}

| office11 = 14th Canadian High Commissioner to Cyprus

| term_start11 = 12 March 1998

| term_end11 = 4 August 2000

| predecessor11 = David Berger

| successor11 = Franco D. Pillarella

| monarch11 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister11= Jean Chrétien

| office12 = Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Syria

| term_start12 = 10 July 1997

| term_end12 = 4 August 2000

| predecessor12 = John A. McNee

| successor12 = Franco D. Pillarella

| order12 = 13th

| monarch12 = Elizabeth II

| primeminister12= Jean Chrétien

}}

Alexandra Bugailiskis (born 9 January 1956){{cn|date=July 2024}} is a Canadian former diplomat. In March 2022, she retired from Global Affairs Canada after a 39-year diplomatic career.{{cite web |url=https://inweh.unu.edu/governance/iac/alexandra-bugailiskis/ |title=ALEXANDRA BUGAILISKIS |accessdate=22 February 2024 |publisher=UNU-INWEH}} In January 2023, she was appointed Chair of the International Advisory Committee of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, known as the UN's Think Tank on Water, based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web |title=UNU-INWEH – United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health: The UN Think Tank on Water |url=http://inweh.unu.edu/ |work=UNU-INWEH}}

From August 2017 until her retirement, she served as the Canadian Ambassador to the Italian Republic, as well as Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Food Programme, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to San Marino and Albania, and as High Commissioner to Malta.{{cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2017/08/diplomatic_appointments.html |title=Diplomatic appointments |date=21 August 2017 |accessdate=1 March 2024 |publisher=Global Affairs Canada}}