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{{Short description|Canadian diplomat}}
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| name             = Glen Shortliffe
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| office           = [[Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada)|Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet]]
| term_start       = July 1, 1992
| term_end         = March 27, 1994
| primeminister    = [[Brian Mulroney]]<br />[[Kim Campbell]]
| predecessor      = [[Paul Tellier]]
| successor        = [[Jocelyne Bourgon]]
| office2          = [[Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada)|Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet]]
| term_start2      = 1990
| term_end2        = 1992
| primeminister2   = [[Brian Mulroney]]
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| office3          = [[Deputy minister (Canada)|Deputy Minister]] of [[Transport Canada|Transport]]
| term_start3      = 1988
| term_end3        = 1990
| minister3        = [[Benoît Bouchard]]
| predecessor3     = [[Ramsey Muir Withers]]
| successor3       = [[Huguette Labelle]]
| office4          = [[List of Canadian ambassadors to Indonesia|Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia]]
| term_start4      = 1977
| term_end4        = 1979
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| birth_date       = {{birth date|1937|11|12}}
| birth_place      = [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2010|05|04|1937|11|12}}
| death_place      = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]
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'''Glen Scott Shortliffe''' (November 12, 1937 &ndash; May 4, 2010) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] diplomat, civil servant, businessman, and [[Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada)|Clerk of the Privy Council]].
== Biography ==
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Born in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], he received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the [[University of Alberta]] in 1960.

From 1977 to 1979, he was the Canadian Ambassador to [[Indonesia]].

From 1979 to 1982, he was the Vice President Policy for the [[Canadian International Development Agency]]. From 1982 to 1990, he held positions as Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, Deputy Minister of Transport, and Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet/Operations .

In 1990 he was appointed Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council.

From 1992 to 1994, he was the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet.

In 1994, he co-founded the Sussex Circle consulting group.

He died May 4, 2010, in Ottawa at home.

== References ==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=shobe&t=16126&d=1367|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry|accessdate=February 21, 2006}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/can-ottawa/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=142526603|title=Obituary|website=[[Legacy.com]] }}

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[[Category:Businesspeople from Edmonton]]
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[[Category:University of Alberta alumni]]


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