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Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Minister for Foreign Affairs Speeches (1263 words) |
 | Oral Statement on behalf of Australia by Senator the Hon Gareth Evans QC, Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hague, 30 October 1995. |
 | Australia's Role in East Asia's Future - Speech to the CEDA Asian Region International Association of Cooperating Organisations (ARIACO) Roundtable by Senator the Hon Gareth Evans QC, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Melbourne, 11 September 1995. |
 | Address by Senator the Hon Gareth Evans, QC, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Chinese Association of Victoria and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Victoria, Melbourne, 24 August 1995. |
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Foreign minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (481 words) |
 | The ministry for foreign affairs is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government (prime minister or president); it is often granted to the deputy prime minister in coalition governments. |
 | In a classic parliamentary system, a foreign minister can potentially exert significant influence in forming foreign policy but when the government is dominated by a strong prime minister the foreign minister may be limited to playing a more marginal or subsidary role in determining policy. |
 | In the United Kingdom, the foreign minister is called the ' Foreign Secretary '; after the merger of the previously separate Foreign Office and Commonwealth Office in 1968, the foreign minister is officially referred to as the ' Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs '. |