A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government,often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems a prime minister is not the head of state,but rather the head of government,serving as the principal administrator under either a monarch in a monarchy or a president in a republican form of government.
The governor general of Canada is the federal representative of the Canadian monarch,currently King Charles III. The person who serves as king or queen of Canada is also monarch and head of state of 14 other Commonwealth realms and residence in the oldest and most populous realm,the United Kingdom. The monarch,on the advice of his or her Canadian prime minister,appoints a governor general to administer the government of Canada in the monarch's name. The commission is for an indefinite period—known as serving at His Majesty's pleasure—though,five years is the usual length of time. Since 1959,it has also been traditional to alternate between francophone and anglophone officeholders. The 30th and current governor general is Mary Simon,who was sworn in on 26 July 2021. An Inuk leader from Nunavik in Quebec,Simon is the first Indigenous person to hold the office.
The United States order of precedence is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States which lists the ceremonial order,or relative preeminence,for domestic and foreign government officials at diplomatic,ceremonial,and social events within the United States and abroad. The list is used to mitigate miscommunication and embarrassment in diplomacy,and offer a distinct and concrete spectrum of preeminence for ceremonies. Often the document is used to advise diplomatic and ceremonial event planners on seating charts and order of introduction. Former presidents,vice presidents,first ladies,second ladies,and secretaries of state and retired Supreme Court justices are also included in the list.
A. Anne McLellan is a Canadian politician and academic who served as the ninth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. She was a cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin,and represented Edmonton in the House of Commons of Canada. She also held the positions of solicitor general,minister of health,and minister of justice of Canada.
Sir David Roy Lidington is a former British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury from 1992 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2018 to 2019 and was frequently described as being Theresa May's de facto Deputy Prime Minister.
Herbert Eser Gray was a Canadian lawyer who became a prominent federal politician. He was a Liberal member of parliament for the Windsor area over the course of four decades,from 1962 to 2002,making Gray one of the longest-serving members in Canadian history. He was a cabinet minister under three prime ministers and was the seventh deputy prime minister from 1997 to 2002. Gray was Canada's first Jewish federal cabinet minister,and he is one of the few Canadians granted the honorific The Right Honourable who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held.
The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada is an entity of the Parliament of Canada. The commissioner is an independent officer of Parliament,who administers the Conflict of Interest Act and the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons and is supported in this role by the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. The position came into effect on July 9,2007,with the coming into force of the Conflict of Interest Act. This act,in turn,was enacted as part of the Federal Accountability Act.
A permanent secretary is the most senior civil servant of a department or ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day activities. Permanent secretaries are the non-political civil service chief executives of government departments or ministries,who generally hold their position for a number of years at a ministry as distinct from the changing political secretaries of state to whom they report and provide advice. The role originated in the civil service of the United Kingdom and has been adopted in several Commonwealth countries as well as other countries influenced by the Westminster system.
Paul Wyatt Dick,was a lawyer,Canadian politician and broker.
Secretary to the Governor General is the title used by the administrative head of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG),the Canadian government office that supports the work of the Governor General of Canada. The position is based at Rideau Hall in Ottawa,Ontario.
The Herald Chancellor is an officer at the Canadian Heraldic Authority. The office is always filled by the Secretary to the Governor General. The Herald Chancellor is responsible for the administration of the entire vice-regal office. In some ways,the position is analogous to the Earl Marshal in England,as it is the Herald Chancellor who issues the warrants permitting the Chief Herald of Canada to make grants of arms. The Herald Chancellor also signs each completed grant document,along with the Chief Herald.
Peter Joseph Noozhumurry Varghese is an Australian retired diplomat and public servant. He was the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 3 December 2012 to 22 July 2016. He announced in November 2015 that he would leave the position in July 2016 to become the chancellor of the University of Queensland.
Judy May Foote is a former Canadian politician who served as the 14th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador from 2018 to 2023. She was the first woman to hold the position.
Sheila-Marie Suzanne Cook was a senior Canadian civil servant. She served as Secretary to the Governor General of Canada and Herald Chancellor of Canada from September 18,2006 until January 31,2011. In February 2007,she received her commission as Deputy of the Governor General of Canada. Originally from Granby,Quebec,she was a long-time resident of Calgary,Alberta.
Judith Isabel Guichon,,is a Canadian rancher and organizer who served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia,serving from 2012 to 2018. She was the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II in the province of British Columbia,and was appointed by Governor General David Johnston on the advice of then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal Appointments was established on 4 November 2012 to assist the government of Canada with the appointment of the governor general of Canada,provincial lieutenant governors,and territorial commissioners. The committee was disbanded following the defeat of the Conservative Party of Canada,led by Stephen Harper,in the 2015 federal election and remains "dormant" under Harper's successor as prime minister,Justin Trudeau.
Violet Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant who served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Ontario from 2014 to 2023. As lieutenant governor,Dowdeswell was the viceregal representative of the Crown in Right of Ontario and the first in over seven decades to serve under two different Canadian sovereigns. A champion of democracy and civil society,she is also the longest-serving lieutenant governor in Ontario's history.
Janice Charette is a Canadian public servant and diplomat who has 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.
Michael Wernick is a Canadian retired public servant who served as the 23rd clerk of the Privy Council for Canada from 2016 to 2019. Following his tenure as clerk,Wernick joined the University of Ottawa,where he was named Jarislowsky chair of public sector management.
Yaprak Baltacioğlu is a retired Canadian public servant,lawyer,and professor of Turkish descent. She has held senior leadership positions in the Canadian public service,serving as Secretary of the Treasury Board from 2012 to 2018. Baltacioğlu retired from the public service in 2018,and was appointed as the twelfth Chancellor of Carleton University in 2018. She is also on the faculty at the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto where she teaches graduate courses.
