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1986 Canadian Incumbents
{{Short description, none Crown *Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II Federal government *Governor General - Jeanne Sauvé Cabinet *Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney *Deputy Prime Minister - Erik Nielsen then Don Mazankowski *Minister of Finance - Michael Wilson *Secretary of State for External Affairs - Joe Clark *Secretary of State for Canada - Benoît Bouchard then David Crombie * Minister of National Defence - Erik Nielsen then Perrin Beatty *Minister of National Health and Welfare - Jake Epp *Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion - Sinclair Stevens then Don Mazankowski ''(acting)'' then Michel Côté *Minister of the Environment - Thomas McMillan *Minister of Justice - John Crosbie then Ray Hnatyshyn *Minister of Transport - Don Mazankowski then John Crosbie * Minister of Communications - Marcel Masse then Flora MacDonald *Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - Tom Siddon *Minister of Agriculture - John Wise *Minister of Public Works - Roch LaSalle then Stewart McInnes *Minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Of State
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and legitimacy. Depending on the country's form of government and separation of powers, the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead or concurrently the head of government and more (such as the president of the United States, who is also commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces). In a parliamentary system, such as the United Kingdom or India, the head of state usually has mostly ceremonial powers, with a separate head of government. However, in some parliamentary systems, like South Africa, there is an executive president that is both head of state and head of government. Likewise, in some parliamentary systems the head of state is not the head of government, but still has significant powers, for example Morocco. In contrast, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
