Angelo Persichilli (born 1948) is an Italian born Canadian journalist and newspaper editor who emigrated from Italy to Canada in 1975.

Director of Communications

He was announced in August 2011 as the new director of communications in the Prime Minister's Office,"Harper finds new communication director in ranks of ethnic media"
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'', August 31, 2011. but resigned in March 2012 after less than a year in the job. He was the first director of communications to not speak both French and English, Canada's official languages, which prompted an official complaint with the

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. Prior to joining the PMO, Persichilli worked as a columnist for the ''

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'', and as an editor of the

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''. He was previously also a producer of multilingual newscasts on

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. On March 8, 2013, Persichilli was appointed as a citizenship judge for the

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References

Living people Canadian citizenship judges Canadian political consultants Canadian newspaper editors Canadian male journalists Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian television producers Canadian columnists Toronto Star people 1948 births Communications directors of the Canadian Prime Minister's Office {{Ontario-politician-stub