Marcel Massé (b.1940) is a Canadian politician and bureaucrat. In his illustrious public service career, he served as President of the Canadian International Development Agency (twice,) undersecretary for external affairs, and Canada’s executive director at the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Massé graduated from McGill University and Pembroke College, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar in 1963.)
Massé’s career in elected politics began when he ran as a candidate of the Liberal Party in the 1993 federal election. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of Parliament for Hull-Aylmer, Quebec. Massé served as the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, and Minister responsible for Public Service Renewal.
In 1996, Massé became President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Infrastructure. Massé was re-elected in the 1997 election but retired from the cabinet in 1999 and resigned from the House of Commons.
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The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.
—Marcel Masse
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