Minister of International Development (Canada)
| Minister of International Development of Canada | |
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| Department of International Development | |
| Style | The Honourable |
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| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Pierre Pettigrew |
| Formation | 25 January 1996 |
| Website | www.acdi-cida.gc.ca |
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The Minister for International Cooperation (French: Ministre de la Coopération internationale) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing Canadian international development strategy, including responsibility for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Christian Paradis was named to the position by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on July 15, 2013 at which time the position was restyled the Minister of International Development.
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Prior to 1995 the post was held as Ministers of State (External Relations) (1982-1983) and Minister for External Relations (1983-1995).
Ministers
Key:
| No. | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
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| 1 | Pierre Pettigrew | January 25, 1996 | October 3, 1996 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) |
| 2 | Don Boudria | October 3, 1996 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | |
| 3 | Diane Marleau | June 11, 1997 | August 2, 1999 | Liberal | |
| 4 | Maria Minna | August 3, 1999 | January 13, 2002 | Liberal | |
| 5 | Susan Whelan | January 14, 2002 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | |
| 6 | Aileen Carroll | December 12, 2003 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) |
| 7 | Josée Verner | February 6, 2006 | August 14, 2007 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) |
| 8 | Bev Oda | August 14, 2007 | July 4, 2012 | Conservative | |
| 9 | Julian Fantino | July 4, 2012 | July 15, 2013 | Conservative | |
| 9 | Christian Paradis | July 15, 2013 | November 4, 2015 | Conservative | |
| 10 | Marie-Claude Bibeau | November 4, 2015 | Incumbent | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) |
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