Secretary of State for External Affairs

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Canadian federal cabinet position government ministerial office

The Secretary of State for External Affairs was the former Canadian cabinet minister responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and international relations, a role later replaced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada	9
Secretary of State for External Affairs canonical	6
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian federal cabinet position ⓘ government ministerial office ⓘ
appointingAuthority	Governor General of Canada ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
associatedWith	Department of External Affairs (Canada) ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
field	diplomacy ⓘ international relations ⓘ
governmentLevel	federal ⓘ
historicalRole	chief diplomat of Canada ⓘ
jurisdiction	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
memberOf	Queen’s Privy Council for Canada ⓘ
nativeLanguageName	Secretary of State for External Affairs self-link ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude	Allan MacEachen ⓘ Arthur Meighen ⓘ Barbara McDougall ⓘ Charles Murphy ⓘ Don Jamieson ⓘ Flora MacDonald ⓘ George Eulas Foster ⓘ Howard Green ⓘ Joe Clark ⓘ John Diefenbaker ⓘ surface form: John George Diefenbaker (acting) Lester B. Pearson ⓘ Louis St. Laurent ⓘ Mark MacGuigan ⓘ Mitchell Sharp ⓘ Paul Martin ⓘ surface form: Paul Martin Sr. Robert Laird Borden ⓘ Sidney Smith ⓘ Sir Charles Tupper ⓘ John A. Macdonald ⓘ surface form: Sir John A. Macdonald Robert Laird Borden ⓘ surface form: Sir Robert Borden Wilfrid Laurier ⓘ surface form: Sir Wilfrid Laurier William Lyon Mackenzie King ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of Canada ⓘ
portfolio	External affairs ⓘ Foreign affairs ⓘ
replacedBy	Secretary of State for External Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)
reportsTo	Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
responsibleFor	Canada’s international relations ⓘ Canadian foreign policy ⓘ
seat	Ottawa ⓘ
status	defunct cabinet position ⓘ
style	The Honorable ⓘ surface form: The Honourable
successorOffice	Secretary of State for External Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)
usedIn	Canadian Westminster system ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lester B. Pearson → positionHeld → Secretary of State for External Affairs ⓘ

Secretary of State for External Affairs → replacedBy → Secretary of State for External Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)

Secretary of State for External Affairs → nativeLanguageName → Secretary of State for External Affairs self-link ⓘ

Secretary of State for External Affairs → successorOffice → Secretary of State for External Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)

Department of External Affairs (Canada) → headOfGovernmentBodyTitle → Secretary of State for External Affairs ⓘ

Mark MacGuigan → positionHeld → Secretary of State for External Affairs ⓘ