Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs (French: Ministre des Affaires étrangères) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the Government of Canada's international relations and is the lead minister responsible for Global Affairs Canada, though the minister of international trade leads on trade issues. In addition to Global Affairs Canada, the minister is also the lead in overseeing the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development and the International Development Research Centre.
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Ministre des Affaires étrangères | |
Global Affairs Canada | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | [1] |
Reports to | [2] |
Appointer | Monarch (represented by the Governor General) on the advice of the Prime Minister |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | André Ouellet |
Formation | 4 November 1993 |
Salary | CA$269,800 (2019)[3] |
Website | www |
From 1909 to 1993, the office was called the Secretary of State for External Affairs. The first two secretaries of state for external affairs, from 1909 until 1912, (Charles Murphy under Sir Wilfrid Laurier and William James Roche under Sir Robert Borden) concurrently served as the Secretary of State for Canada. The two portfolios were permanently separated in 1912, and the external affairs portfolio was then held by the prime minister of Canada until 1946.