Jason Krips will replace John Knapp as deputy minister of agriculture, effective Sept. 30.
Krips is not an unfamiliar face to agriculture in Alberta. He was executive assistant to then agriculture minister Doug Horner from 2004-06 and was Horner’s executive assistant in the advanced education and technology ministry from 2006-08.
Krips, a lawyer, worked with the firm of Wilson & Hulburt and joined the Alberta government in 2000 as the legislative manager with the department of government services. In 2004 he became director of research and analysis with the Policy Co-ordination Office of Executive Council.
Most recently he served as assistant deputy minister for international relations in the international and intergovernmental relations ministry.
John Knapp was appointed deputy minister in 2008 and remained in the post until he retired this year.
Knapp was also a district agriculturalist, sheep specialist and regional director before moving to Edmonton as director of the animal industry division and then the rural services division.
