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Alexander Bezzina

Deputy Minister of Children and Youth Services

Alexander Bezzina was appointed Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Children and Youth Services in March 2012.

Deputy Bezzina brings significant experience and expertise gained through senior leadership positions in both the Ontario Public Service and in the non-profit sector. Most recently, he was the Assistant Deputy Minister of Health System Accountability and Performance in the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

For the previous five years, he was the Assistant Deputy Minister of Operations for the Ministry of Community and Social Services. During his first three years there, he was also responsible for service delivery on behalf of the Ministry of Children and Youth Services.

Prior to this, Deputy Bezzina was the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Human Resources Strategy and Policy Division in the Ministry of Government Services. He was instrumental in providing leadership for the development of enterprise-wide human resources policies and strategies.

Previously he was Director, Special Education Policy and Programs Branch in the Ministry of Education. Here he worked across the ministry, and with other ministries and school boards, to coordinate service approaches for children with special needs.

Before joining the public service in 1999, Deputy Bezzina also had extensive leadership experience in the non-profit sector in agencies that delivered services to persons with disabilities.