Minister of External Affairs (Vishwamitra)
| Minister of External Affairs विदेश मंत्री | |
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| Style | His/Her Excellency (Formally) |
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| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | Rashtradhyaksh of Vishwamitra on the recommendation of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 10 July 2016; 4 years ago |
| First holder | Saikat Seal |
The Minister of External Affairs (commonly shortened to External Affairs Minister) is the minister in the Government of Vishwamitra who is responsible for overseeing the nation's international diplomacy and the foreign matters. The minister is the head of the Ministry of External Affairs. The first Minister of Foreign Affairs was Saikat Seal who was appointed as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for External Affairs on 10 July 2016 by then Prime Minister Dhrubajyoti Roy. The current Minister of External Affairs is Rory McPhail who was appointed on 22 November 2021.
The Minister of External Affairs is often assisted by a junior minister, titled as the Minister of State for External Affairs who acts as the deputy to the External Affairs Minister and the second highest office holder in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Role and duties
The minister is usually one of the most senior members of Cabinet and a member on the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). The minister is seen as one of the people most responsible for formulating Vishwamitra's foreign policy, as they along with other relevant ministers advise the Prime Minister in developing and implementing foreign policy, and also acts as the government's main spokesperson on international affairs issues. The minister is also the principal advisor to the Chief Ambassador and serves as the First Ambassador of Vishwamitra. The minister is also responsible in the appointment of diplomatic officials including ambassadors appointed to foreign nations and the consuls general of the nation.
List of ministers of external affairs
Fourteen individuals have served as the Minister of External Affairs since the establishment of the ministry on 10 July 2016. Out of those fourteen individuals, three served as a minister as an additional ministry during their tenure as the Prime Minister. The first occupant of the ministry served as a Minister of State (Independent charge) whilst the others hold cabinet rank during their tenure as Minister of External Affairs.
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Saikat Seal (born 2006) |
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of External Affairs | 10 July 2016 | 18 September 2016 | 70 days | Friends Society Secular Party | Roy III | Dhrubajyoti Roy | ||
| Asmi Patranabis (born 2007) |
Minister of External Affairs | 18 September 2016 | 2 October 2016 | 14 days | ||||||
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Dhrubajyoti Roy (born 2002) (Prime Minister) |
2 October 2016 | 30 December 2016 | 89 days | ||||||
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Arnab Deka (born 2002) |
30 December 2016 | 12 April 2017 | 103 days | Roy IV | |||||
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Abhiraj Kar (born 2006) |
12 April 2017 | 5 July 2017 | 84 days | Friends Society Independent Party | Baishya III | Sarala Baishya | |||
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Arnab Sil (born 2004) |
5 July 2017 | 25 December 2017 | 312 days | Friends Society Freedom Party | Tanishkaa II | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |||
| 25 December 2017 | 21 March 2018 | Roy V | Dhrubajyoti Roy | |||||||
| 21 March 2018 | 13 May 2018 | Friends Societal Congress | Roy VI | |||||||
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Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) |
Secretary of State | 14 May 2018 | 12 October 2018 | 151 days | Tanishkaa III | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |||
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Abhiraj Kar (born 2006) |
Minister of External Affairs | 12 October 2018 | 6 January 2019 | 86 days | Roy VII | Dhrubajyoti Roy | |||
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Arnab Sil (born 2004) |
7 January 2019 | 17 March 2019 | 69 days | Tanishkaa IV | Tanishkaa Patranabish | ||||
| 17 March 2019 | 16 July 2019 | Tanishkaa V | ||||||||
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Tanishkaa Patranabish (born 2004) (Prime Minister) |
16 July 2019 | 6 August 2019 | 21 days | ||||||
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Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) |
6 August 2019 | 29 September 2019 | 54 days | ||||||
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Ankurjyoti Thakuria (born 2002) |
29 September 2019 | 8 November 2019 | 40 days | ||||||
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Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) |
8 November 2019 | 12 December 2019 | 34 days | ||||||
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Anoushkaa Patranabish (born 2010) |
12 December 2019 | 10 January 2020 | 29 days | ||||||
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Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) |
10 January 2020 | 3 March 2020 | 53 days | ||||||
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Anirban Phatowali (born 2009) |
3 March 2020 | 9 March 2020 | 6 days | National People's Congress | Anoushkaa I | Anoushkaa Patranabish | |||
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Ankurjyoti Thakuria (born 2002) |
9 March 2020 | 22 March 2020 | 13 days | ||||||
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Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) |
22 March 2020 | 30 April 2020 | 39 days | Tanishkaa VI | Tanishkaa Patranabish | ||||
| Asmi Patranabis (born 2007) |
13 May 2020 | 7 June 2020 | 25 days | Tanishkaa VII | ||||||
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Dhrubajyoti Roy (born 2002) (Upa Rashtradhyaksh) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations | 8 June 2020 | 17 June 2020 | 9 days | Independent | Anoushkaa II | Princess Anoushkaa | ||
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Ankurjyoti Thakuria (born 2002) |
17 June 2020 | 16 September 2020 | 91 days | National People's Congress | |||||
| Nishwan Baidantic (born 2001) |
16 September 2020 | 1 October 2020 | 15 days | |||||||
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Prince Abhiraj (born 2006) |
1 October 2020 | 3 October 2020 | 2 days | ||||||
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Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu 1st Duke of Pragjyotisha (born 2004) |
3 October 2020 | 28 January 2021 | 341 days | Party of Progress and Prosperity | |||||
| 28 January 2021 | 1 March 2021 | Independent | Snagoveanu I | Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu | ||||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | 6 March 2021 | 18 June 2021 | National People's Congress | Snagoveanu II | ||||||
| Minister of External Affairs | 18 June 2021 | 9 September 2021 | ||||||||
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Ned Vodă 1st Baron Vodă (born 2001) |
11 September 2021 | 21 October 2021 | 88 days | Hazarika I | Farhaz Hazarika | ||||
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Patrick Kenny (born 2002) |
21 October 2021 | 22 November 2021 | 48 days | Independent | Pillin | Phillip Joseph Pillin | |||
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Rory McPhail 1st Count of Griffith (born 2008) |
22 November 2021 | Incumbent | 16 days | National People's Congress | Hazarika II | Farhaz Hazarika | |||
