The commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police () is the professional head of the

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(RCMP). The commissioner exercises control and management of the RCMP under the direction of the

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. The position is a

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appointment made on the advice of the

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. In addition to his or her role in the management of the RCMP, the commissioner serves as Principal Commander of the

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. Under the ''Firearms Act'', the RCMP commissioner also serves as the commissioner of firearms, the chief executive of the

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. Michael Duheme is the 25th commissioner of the RCMP, having taken office in an interim capacity on March 17, 2023, and permanently as of the Change Command ceremony held on May 25, 2023.

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was commissioner-in-chief from 2012 to 2022, and

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was honorary commissioner of the RCMP from 2012 until 2023. In recognition of the RCMP's 150th anniversary and the upcoming coronation, on April 28, 2023, King Charles III consented to assume the title of the RCMP Commissioner-in-Chief. However, neither appointment (commissioner-in-chief or honorary commissioner) exercises a substantive role in the operation of the organization.

List of commissioners

There have been 25 commissioners, including one acting commissioners and one interim commissioner, and excluding one unofficial acting commissioner since the founding of the North-West Mounted Police in 1873:

References

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External links

RCMP Executive Committee

Former RCMP commissioners

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