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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Surface form Occurrences
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 ⓘ

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Department of External Affairs (Canada) → headOfGovernmentBodyTitle → Secretary of State for External Affairs ⓘ
Secretary of State for External Affairs → nativeLanguageName → Secretary of State for External Affairs self-link ⓘ
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 → successorOffice → Secretary of State for External Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)