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A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ...
Canada
In the Canadian government, there have been a number of Ministers without Portfolio in all except the First Ministry (see: James Cox Aikins). Until September 26, 1926, the term Minister without Portfolio was used. Incumbents were sworn as privy councillors and attended cabinet meetings on the invitation of the Prime Minister. However, after 1926 they were appointed as Members of the Administration and Ministers without Portfolio. Until 1968 they took an oath of office as Members of the Administration. At that time the traditional title of Minister without Portfolio was reintroduced. The title has been used throughout the guide until June 11, 1971 when the Government Organization Act was given royal assent. The act provided for the appointment of ministers of state who may be assigned to assist any minister having responsibility for a department or portion of the public service. System of government Canada is a constitutional monarchy as a Commonwealth Realm (see Monarchy in Canada) with a federal system of parliamentary government, and strong democratic traditions. ...
The Honourable James Cox Aikins, PC (born March 30, 1823; died August 8, 1904) was a prominent Canadian politician in the 19th century. ...
September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ...
1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Leaders by year State leaders Religious leaders Intl organization leaders Colonial governors Canadian incumbents British incumbents German rulers US state governors Canadian incumbents in any given year. ...
The Queens Privy Council for Canada is the ceremonial council of advisors to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by her Governor General in Canada for life on the advice of the Prime Minister. ...
The Prime Minister of Canada, the head of the Canadian government, is usually the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons. ...
1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before officially assuming an office. ...
June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ...
1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, or the Sovereigns representative in Commonwealth Realms, completes the process of the enactment of legislation by formally assenting to an Act of Parliament. ...
Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. ...
While Minister without Portfolio is seen by some as a mere patronage appointment, it has been a role that numerous political notables have played over time, including recent Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who filled the role in a Pearson cabinet in the 60s; John Turner also "kept a seat warm" in a Pearson cabinet. Notable Conservatives who filled the role include R. B. Bennett, and Arthur Meighen, however, Meighen served this role after he had been prime minister. Generally, patronage is the act of supporting or favoring some person, group, or institution. ...
The Prime Minister of Canada, the head of the Canadian government, is usually the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons. ...
The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC , LL.D (born January 11, 1934) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. ...
The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Mike Pearson (April 23, 1897 - December 27, 1972) was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, to April 20, 1968, and also a 1957 Nobel Laureate. ...
The Right Honourable John Napier Turner, PC , CC , QC , BA , MA , LL.D. (born June 7, 1929) was the seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada from June 30, 1984 to September 17, 1984. ...
For the British composer named Richard Bennett, see Richard Rodney Bennett. ...
The Right Honourable Senator Arthur Meighen, PC , BA (June 16, 1874 – August 5, 1960) was the ninth Prime Minister of Canada from July 10, 1920, to December 29, 1921, and June 29 to September 25, 1926. ...
The title of Minister Without Portfolio has been used off and on, with its peak during Trudeau's first period in office, during which the staggering figure of 17 ministers without portfolio were appointed over an 11-year period. However, in recent times, the title has fallen out of favour, and the only minister without portfolio appointed since 1990 has been Don Boudria, a Chrétien appointee. Name Pierre Elliott Trudeau Number Fifteenth First term April 20, 1968–June 4,1979 Second term March 3, 1980–June 30, 1984 Predecessor Lester Bowles Pearson Successors Joe Clark John Napier Turner Date of birth October 18, 1919 Place of birth Montreal, Quebec Date of death September 28, 2000 Spouse...
The Honourable Don Boudria, PC (born August 30, 1949 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. ...
Ireland The Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939 (Section 4) allows a member of the Government of Ireland to be assigned, but not having charge of a Department of State, such a person is referred to as a "Minister without portfolio" (Irish: "Aire gan ceannas Roinne"). This provision has rarely been used and when so only for short periods before been assigned in charge of a normal department. The Government (Irish: Rialtas) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Eamonn Duggan (1874-1936) was an Irish lawyer, nationalist and politician. ...
1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Finian Lynch was a senior Irish politician. ...
1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Erskine Hamilton Childers (November 11, 1905 - November 17, 1974), the son of Robert Erskine Childers (the author of The Riddle of the Sands), served as the fourth President of Ireland from 1973 until his death in 1974. ...
1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Michael OKennedy, (born February, 1936) was a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician. ...
1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
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1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...
Taiwan In the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China there are several such ministers (政務委員) at one time: The Executive Yuan (行政院; literally executive court) is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China. ...
The Republic of China (Traditional Chinese: ä¸è¯æ°‘國; Simplified Chinese: ä¸åŽæ°‘国; Wade-Giles: Chung¹-hua² Min²-kuo², Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MÃnGuó, Hanyu Pinyin: ZhÅnghuá MÃnguó, Taiwanese POJ: Tiong-hoâ Bîn-kok) is a multiparty democratic state that today is composed of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy...
- Hu Sheng-cheng
- Lin Yi-fu
- Lin Sheng-fong
- Kuo Yao-chi
- Chen Chi-mai
- Lin Ferng-ching
- Fu Li-yeh
United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, it is often a Cabinet position, and is sometimes used to get people such as the Chairman of the Conservative Party or the Chair of the Labour Party into cabinet meetings (if so they hold the title of "Party Chair"). The sinecure positions of Lord Privy Seal and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster can also be used for equivalent effect. In the Politics of the United Kingdom, the Cabinet is a formal body comprised of government officials chosen by the Prime Minister. ...
In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of the Conservative Party is responsible for running the party machine, overseeing Conservative Central Office. ...
Party Chair is the title given to the Chairman of the governing political party of the UK. At the moment, the Labour party Chairman, Ian McCartney, is Party Chair as well as being the Cabinet position of Minister without Portfolio. ...
A sinecure (from Latin sine, without, and cura, care) means an office which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service. ...
The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices in the British Cabinet. ...
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. ...
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, (April 14, 1738 - October 30, 1809) was a British Whig and Tory statesman and Prime Minister. ...
William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam in Ireland, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam in Great Britain (30 May 1748 - 8 February 1833) was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ...
John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess Camden (11 February 1759-8 October 1840), only son of the 1st Earl, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. ...
Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (14 February 1755 - 7 April 1831) was a British statesman and politician. ...
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), Son of the 1st Marquess by his second marriage, was born on 2 July 1780 and educated at Edinburgh University and at Trinity College, Cambridge. ...
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (6 June 1768–27 March 1854). ...
George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (17 September 1773 - 7 October 1848) was an English statesman. ...
The Most Noble Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, PC, FRS (1 May 1769–14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. ...
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (August 18, 1792 - May 28, 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a Whig politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. ...
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The Most Honourable Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE (14 January 1845 – 3 June 1927) was a British politician and Irish peer who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for...
For the recipient of the Victoria Cross, see Arthur Henderson (VC) Arthur Henderson (September 13, 1863 - October 20, 1935) was a British politician and union leader. ...
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (23 March 1854 _ 13 May 1925), was British statesman and colonial administrator. ...
Jan Smuts Jan Christiaan Smuts, (May 24, 1870 – September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African statesman and soldier. ...
Edward Carson HMSO image Edward Henry Carson, 1st Baron Carson (February 9, 1854 – October 22, 1935) was a leader of the Irish Unionists, a Barrister and a Judge. ...
George Nicoll Barnes (January 2, 1859 - April 21, 1940) was a British politician. ...
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes (26 September 1875-22 June 1937) was a British politician. ...
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Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, KG, PC (19 June 1869 - 11 December British medical doctor and politician. ...
The Right Honourable Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897–14 January 1977), British politician, was Foreign Secretary during World War II and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1950s. ...
1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle (1887-April 3, 1958) was a British politician who briefly served as President of the Board of Education from 1924 to 1929 and as Minister without Portfolio from 1935 to 1936 whilst known as Lord Eustace Percy (he was a younger...
Dr Edward Leslie Burgin (1887-1945) was a British Liberal National politician in the 1930s. ...
Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey (April 1, 1877-January 26, 1963) was a British civil servant who gained prominence as the first Secretary to the Cabinet and who later made the rare transition from the civil service to ministerial office. ...
Arthur Greenwood (1880—1954) became deputy leader of the Labour Party under Clement Attlee, with Winston Churchill appointing him to the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio in 1940. ...
William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt (15 April 1885 - 16 August 1957), was a British lawyer and politician. ...
Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, (1 May 1885 - 11 January 1965) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician. ...
Arthur Greenwood (1880—1954) became deputy leader of the Labour Party under Clement Attlee, with Winston Churchill appointing him to the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio in 1940. ...
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, PC (Bill Deedes, born Kent, England, June 1, 1913), is a veteran British journalist and ex-politician. ...
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC, JP, DL (born June 6, 1919), was British Foreign Secretary (1979–1982) and Secretary-General of NATO (1984–1988). ...
George Morgan Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth, KT PC, (16 January 1921 - ) is a former journalist and Labour politician. ...
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The Right Honourable Sir Jeremy James Hanley (born November 17, 1945) is a politician in the United Kingdom and a chartered accountant. ...
The Right Honourable Sir Brian Mawhinney (July 26, 1940) is a British politician, a former member of the Cabinet and member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire. ...
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The Right Honourable Charles Rodway Clarke (born September 21, 1950) is a British Labour Party politician. ...
This article is about the British cabinet minister. ...
The Right Honourable Ian McCartney (born 1951 in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire) is a British politician. ...
See also A sinecure (from Latin sine, without, and cura, care) means an office which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service. ...
External Links - List of Canadian Ministers Without Portfolio and Ministers of State (Parliament of Canada Website)
- Taiwanese Ministers Without Portfolio
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