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{{Short description|18th commissioner of the RCMP}}
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| name               = Norman Inkster
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|OC}}
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| office             = President of [[Interpol]]
| term_start         = 1992
| term_end           = 1994
| predecessor        = [[Ivan Barbot]]
| successor          = [[Björn Eriksson (civil servant)|Björn Eriksson]]
| order1             = 18th
| office1            = Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
| term_start1        = September 1, 1987
| term_end1          = June 24, 1994
| predecessor1       = [[Robert Simmonds]]
| successor1         = [[Joseph Philip Robert Murray|Philip Murray]]
| birth_name         = Norman David Inkster
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1938|8|19}}
| birth_place        = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], Canada
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| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Mary-Anne Morrison|1961||end=div.}}
* {{marriage|Pamela Jeffery|October 2008}}
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| children           = 3 (including [[Dana Inkster|Dana]])
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| alma_mater         = [[University of New Brunswick]]
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| awards             = {{plainlist|
* [[Order of Canada]] (1995)
* [[Gusi Peace Prize]] (2011)
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'''Norman David Inkster''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (born August 19, 1938) is a retired police officer who served as 18th [[commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) from 1987 to 1994. From 1992 until 1994, he also served as president of [[Interpol]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=5688993&privcapId=20751200 |title=Norman David Inkster |publisher=Bloomberg}}{{dead link|date=April 2024}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Norman David Inkster was born on August 19, 1938, in [[Winnipeg]], but grew up in [[Broadview, Saskatchewan]]. His father, Harold, was a master mechanic with the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] and his mother, Martha, was a housewife. He was educated at the [[University of New Brunswick]], where he studied sociology and psychology.

During his studies he was continuously employed in the Human Resources department of the RCMP. In 1961, he married Mary-Anne Morrison. They raised three children together: Leslie Anne (1965), Scott (1967) and [[Dana_Inkster|Dana]] (1972).

== Later life and career ==
From 1994 to 2003, he was a partner with KPMG in Toronto, the latter part of which he was global managing partner of the forensic practice. In 1995 he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-5287 | title=Mr. Norman David Inkster |publisher=The Governor General of Canada}}</ref> In 2003, he retired from KPMG and started Inkster Group. He was president of the [[Inkster Group]], which provides various security and policing services to a list of international clients, including the Province of [[Ontario]]. In 2006, Inkster Group was acquired by Navigant Consulting where Inkster served as a managing director. In 2007, Inkster became an independent consultant. He was engaged to marry Pamela Jeffery, founder of the Women's Executive Network in 2008. They later were married in of October in a service in Toronto with friends and family. He was awarded the [[Gusi Peace Prize]] in 2011.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/canadiancavalry/rcmpinkster.htm|title=Norman Inkster|accessdate=June 25, 2006}}

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[[Category:1938 births]]
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[[Category:Commanders of the Order of St John]]
[[Category:Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioners]]
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