David de Launay will be the new deputy minister of Northern Development and Mines, effective Jan. 5, 2015.
He replaces George Ross, who left last summer to assume a new role with the Government of Yukon as its new deputy minister of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.
Steve Orsini, the province’s secretary to cabinet, made the announcement on Nov. 26.
Currently, de Launay is the deputy minister of Aboriginal Affairs and prior to that he was assistant deputy minister for the Ring of Fire, handling relations with First Nation communities impacted by the potential mine development.
De Launay has served in a number of bureaucratic posts since 1993, handling special projects and policy for the Cabinet Office, Aboriginal Affairs and Natural Resources.
Christine Kaszycki, the province’s Ring of Fire coordinator, stepped on an interim basis.
