Peter Donolo (born October 1959) is a Canadian communications and political strategist. From 1993 to 1999, he was the Director of Communications in the office of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, from which he holds the record as the longest serving prime ministerial director of communications in Canadian history. Donolo is a well-known republican who has commented publicly about ending the monarchy of Canada. In a comment in the October 21, 2002, cover story of Maclean's, he referred to Canada as "behaving like a colonial outpost", and claiming the Queen of Canada is a foreigner.