Gary Doer

Gary Albert Doer, OM is a Canadian diplomat and politician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He served as Canadas Ambassador to the United States from October 19, 2009 to March 3, 2016. Doer previously served as the 20th Premier of Manitoba from 1999 to 2009, leading a New Democratic Party government.

Gary Doer was born to a middle class family in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His background is German and Welsh. He graduated from St. Pauls High School and went on to study political science and sociology at the University of Manitoba for one year, but left to become a corrections officer at the Vaughan Street Detention Centre. He later rose to become deputy superintendent of the Manitoba Youth Centre. Doers work environment was not always safe he once had to deal with a hostage taking situation, and was attacked with a baseball bat on another occasion.

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