The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry,currently within the Department for Business and Trade. Its full title is The Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations,but is commonly known as the Board of Trade,and formerly known as the Lords of Trade and Plantations or Lords of Trade,and it has been a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. The board has gone through several evolutions,beginning with extensive involvement in colonial matters in the 17th century,to powerful regulatory functions in the Victorian Era and early 20th century. It was virtually dormant in the last third of the 20th century. In 2017,it was revitalised as an advisory board headed by the International Trade Secretary who has nominally held the title of President of the Board of Trade,and who at present is the only privy counsellor of the board,the other members of the present board filling roles as advisors.
Donald James Johnston,was a Canadian lawyer,writer and politician who was Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1996 to 2006. He was the first non-European to head that organization. From 1978 to 1988,Johnston was a Liberal Party member of the Canadian parliament and served in the cabinets of prime ministers Pierre Trudeau and John Turner. In addition,he was the president of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1990 to 1994. Johnston was an Officer of the Order of Canada,and an Officer of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour.
The Government of India is the central executive authority of the Republic of India,a federal republic located in South Asia,consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. The government is led by the prime minister who exercises the most executive power and selects all the other ministers. The country has been governed by a NDA-led government since 2014. The prime minister and their senior ministers belong to the Union Council of Ministers—its executive decision-making committee being the cabinet.
The Privy Council Office is the central agency of the Government of Canada which acts as the secretariat to the Cabinet of Canada –a committee of the King's Privy Council for Canada –and provides non-partisan advice and support to the Canadian ministry,as well as leadership,coordination,and support to the departments and agencies of government.
The following list outlines the structure of the federal government of Canada,the collective set of federal institutions which can be grouped into the legislative,executive,and judicial branches. In turn,these are further divided into departments,agencies,and other organizations which support the day-to-day function of the Canadian state.
The clerk of the Privy Council is the professional head of the Public Service of Canada. As the deputy minister for the Privy Council Office,the clerk is the senior civil servant in the Government of Canada and serves as the secretary to the Cabinet.
In Canada,a deputy minister is the senior civil servant in a government organization,who acts as deputy head. Deputy ministers take political direction from a minister of the Crown,who is typically an elected member of Parliament and responsible for the department.
(Robert) Gordon Robertson,was the commissioner of the Northwest Territories from November 15,1953 to July 12,1963 who,having been sworn in at the age of 36,remains the youngest person to ever hold the office. He went on to become Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet,the top position in the Canadian public service.
Gordon Francis Joseph Osbaldeston was a Canadian civil servant.
Huguette Labelle is a Canadian retired civil servant and former Chancellor of the University of Ottawa,serving from 1994 until 2012. She has been the chair of the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments since 2016.
JoséÁngel Gurría Treviño,also known as Ángel Gurría,is a Mexican economist and diplomat. From 1 June 2006 to 31 May 2021,he was the secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Melvin Samuel Cappe,is a retired Canadian civil servant and diplomat. From 2006 to 2011 he was the President and CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) in Montreal,Quebec. He was most recently Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He had served in Canada's government since 1975 as a deputy minister of Environment Canada,Human Resources Development and Labour,as well as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Federal Cabinet.
Sir Sumantra "Suma" Chakrabarti is a former British civil servant who served as president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from July 2012 to July 2020. He was previously the highest ranking Indian in Britain's civil service,serving as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery from late 2007 until 2012.
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) is a department of the Australian Government with broad-ranging responsibilities;notably,intergovernmental and whole of government policy coordination and assisting the prime minister of Australia in managing the Federal Cabinet. The PM&C was established in 1971 and traces its origins back to the Prime Minister's Department established in 1911.
Wayne G. Wouters, is a Canadian former public servant and past Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet. He retired as Clerk on October 3,2014,and was replaced by Janice Charette.
Barbara Hackman Franklin is an American government official,corporate director,and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992 to 1993 to President George H. W. Bush,during which she led a presidential mission to China.
Judith Anne LaRocque,,(died 29 December 2021) was a senior Canadian civil servant. Most notably,she served as Secretary to the Governor General of Canada and Herald Chancellor of Canada from 1990 until 2000. Since 2010,she has been Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. She died on December 29,2021.
Findicator was an online service providing up-to-date statistical information on the progress of Finland with about 100 indicators describing various aspects of society. The service was trilingual:all material was available in English,Finnish and Swedish. The graphs and tables of the service were automatically updated from a database as new information was published by governmental data producers.
Janice Charette is a Canadian public servant and diplomat who served as clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to the Cabinet from 2014 to 2016 and again from 2021 to 2023. Charette was the Canadian high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2021.
Jean Edmonds was a Canadian journalist and public servant who became one of the first women to be appointed to senior executive roles in Canada's federal public service.
