Minister of International Trade Diversification

Minister of International Trade Diversification Ministre de la Diversification du commerce international
Incumbent Vacant since November 20, 2019
Global Affairs Canada
Style	The Honourable
Status	vacant
Member of	House of Commons Privy Council Cabinet
Reports to	Parliament Prime Minister
Appointer	Monarch (represented by the governor general); on the advice of the prime minister
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Gerald Regan
Formation	8 December 1983
Final holder	Jim Carr
Abolished	November 20, 2019
Salary	$255,300 (2017)
Website	www.international.gc.ca

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The minister of international trade diversification (French: ministre de la diversification du commerce international) is former minister of the Crown position in the Canadian Cabinet. The minister had responsibility for the international trade portfolio and was one of the three ministers (along with the minister of foreign affairs and the minister of international development and la Francophonie) who lead the Canadian foreign ministry, Global Affairs Canada.

History

The post was first established in 1983 as the minister for international trade. This title changed to minister of international trade under Prime Minister Paul Martin when he split the former Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. On 18 July 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau changed the title to minister of international trade diversification and appointed Jim Carr the new minister. The position is no longer in use following the 2019 federal election; the duties of the position have been absorbed by the minister of small business, export promotion and international trade.

Ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Historical conservative parties: Liberal-Conservative, Conservative (historical), Unionist, National Liberal and Conservative, Progressive Conservative

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1		Gerald Regan	December 8, 1983	June 29, 1984	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)
2		Francis Fox	June 30, 1984	September 16, 1984	Liberal	23 (Turner)
3		James F. Kelleher	September 17, 1984	June 29, 1986	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
4		Pat Carney	June 30, 1986	March 30, 1988	Progressive Conservative
5		John Crosbie	March 31, 1988	April 20, 1991	Progressive Conservative
6		Michael Wilson	April 21, 1991	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative
7		Tom Hockin	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative	25 (Campbell)
8		Roy MacLaren	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
9		Art Eggleton	January 25, 1996	June 10, 1997	Liberal
10		Sergio Marchi	June 11, 1997	August 2, 1999	Liberal
11		Pierre Pettigrew	August 3, 1999	December 11, 2003	Liberal
12		Jim Peterson	December 12, 2003	February 5, 2006	Liberal	27 (Martin)
13		David Emerson	February 6, 2006	June 24, 2008	Conservative	28 (Harper)
14		Michael Fortier	June 25, 2008	October 29, 2008	Conservative
15		Stockwell Day	October 30, 2008	January 19, 2010	Conservative
16		Peter Van Loan	January 19, 2010	May 18, 2011	Conservative
17		Ed Fast	May 18, 2011	November 4, 2015	Conservative
18		Chrystia Freeland	November 4, 2015	January 10, 2017	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
19		François-Philippe Champagne	January 10, 2017	July 18, 2018	Liberal
Minister of International Trade Diversification
20		Jim Carr	July 18, 2018	November 20, 2019	Liberal