Minister of External Affairs (Vishwamitra)

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Minister of External Affairs
विदेश मंत्री
Coat of arms of Vishwamitra
Incumbent
Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia
since 18 March 2023
Ministry of External Affairs
StyleThe Most Honourable (formal)
His/Her Excellency (international correspondence)
AbbreviationMEA
Member of
Reports toRashtradhyaksh
Prime Minister
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerRashtradhyaksh
on the recommendation of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation10 July 2016; 4 years ago
First holderSaikat Seal
DeputyMinister of State for External Affairs

The Minister of External Affairs (Hindi: विदेश मंत्री), commonly shortened to External Affairs Minister is the minister in the Cabinet of Vishwamitra who is responsible for overseeing the Vishwamitra's international affairs 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 Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia, the Second Deputy Prime Minister who was appointed on 18 March 2023.

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.

Between 2020 and 2021, the office was called the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Affairs as a merger of the independent ministries of External Affairs and International Relations.

History of office

The Minister of External Affairs has been the head of the Ministry of External Affairs since its formation on 10 July 2016 under prime minister Dhrubajyoti Roy. The first minister was Saikat Seal who is till date the only minister of external affairs who did not hold a cabinet rank. He was appointed as a minister of state with independent charge. Following his appointment as Governor of North Guwahati on 18 September 2016, he was succeeded by Asmi Patranabis as the Minister of External Affairs who was a minister with cabinet rank. Often prime ministers like Dhrubajyoti Roy, Tanishkaa Patranabish, Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu simultaneously served as the ministers of external affairs.

Arnab Sil holds the distinction of being the longest serving external affairs minister for 381 days in his two non-consecutive terms in the ministry while Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu was the first non-local minister of external affairs who was first appointed to the ministry in October 2020 by prime minister Anoushkaa Patranabish and continued to hold the position under his premiership.

The ministers have often been referred through various titles. From the inception of the ministry till 13 May 2018, the minister was referred to as the Minister of External Affairs. In the coup cabinet of Tanishkaa Patranabish, then external affairs minister Bishnu Chetry was titled as Secretary of State. In the post-coup governments until the establishment of the monarchy in June 2020, the minister was titled again as Minister of External Affairs. On 8 June 2020, the position was renamed to that of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations which was again renamed on 6 March 2021 as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. On 18 June 2021, the ministry was again renamed back to its initial name. The minister has since then been named as the Minister 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 Rashtradhyaksh on matters on foreign affairs 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.

The minister along with their deputy, the minister of state for external affairs, preside over the following departments and agencies which fall under the jurisdiction of the ministry:

  • Department of Diplomatic Relations
  • Department of Foreign Trade
  • Department of International Relations
  • Diplomatic corps

List of ministers

Nineteen 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. The first occupant of the office was Saikat Seal while the current minister is Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia who was appointed on 18 March 2023.

Key
  • MoS, I/C means Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death) 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of External Affairs
Saikat Seal
(born 2006)
(MoS, I/C) 		10 July
2016 		18 September
2016 		70 days Freedom Party Dhrubajyoti III Dhrubajyoti Roy
Asmi Patranabis
(born 2007) 		18 September
2016 		2 October
2016 		14 days Secular Party
Dhrubajyoti Roy
(born 2002)
(Prime Minister) 		2 October
2016 		30 December
2016 		89 days
Arnab Deka
अर्नब डेका
(born 2002) 		30 December
2016 		12 April
2017 		103 days Dhrubajyoti IV
Abhiraj Kar
(born 2006) 		12 April
2017 		5 July
2017 		84 days Independent Party Sarala III Sarala Baishya
Arnab Sil
(born 2004) 		5 July
2017 		25 December
2017 		312 days Freedom Party Tanishkaa II Tanishkaa Patranabish
25 December
2017 		21 March
2018 		Dhrubajyoti V Dhrubajyoti Roy
21 March
2018 		13 May
2018 		Congress Dhrubajyoti VI
Secretary of State
Bishnu Chetry
(born 2001) 		14 May
2018 		12 October
2018 		151 days Congress Tanishkaa III Tanishkaa Patranabish
Dhrubajyoti Roy
Minister of External Affairs
Abhiraj Kar
अभिराज कर
(born 2006) 		12 October
2018 		6 January
2019 		86 days Congress Dhrubajyoti VII Dhrubajyoti Roy
Arnab Sil
(born 2004) 		7 January
2019 		17 March
2019 		190 days Tanishkaa IV Tanishkaa Patranabish
17 March
2019 		16 July
2019 		Tanishkaa V
Tanishkaa Patranabish
(born 2004)
(Prime Minister) 		16 July
2019 		6 August
2019 		21 days
Bishnu Chetry
(born 2001) 		6 August
2019 		29 September
2019 		54 days
Ankurjyoti Thakuria
अंकुरज्योति ठाकुरिया
(born 2002) 		29 September
2019 		8 November
2019 		40 days
Bishnu Chetry
(born 2001) 		8 November
2019 		12 December
2019 		34 days
Anoushkaa Patranabish
(born 2010) 		12 December
2019 		10 January
2020 		29 days
Bishnu Chetry
(born 2001) 		10 January
2020 		3 March
2020 		53 days
Anirban Phatowali
(born 2009) 		3 March
2020 		9 March
2020 		6 days Congress Anoushkaa I Anoushkaa Patranabish
Ankurjyoti Thakuria
(born 2002) 		9 March
2020 		22 March
2020 		13 days
Bishnu Chetry
(born 2001) 		22 March
2020 		30 April
2020 		39 days Tanishkaa VI Tanishkaa Patranabish
Position vacant between 1 May and 13 May 2020.
Asmi Patranabis
(born 2007) 		13 May
2020 		7 June
2020 		25 days Congress Tanishkaa VII Tanishkaa Patranabish
His Royal Highness
Dhrubajyoti Roy,
Uparashtradhyaksh
(born 2002)
(Advisor on Foreign Affairs) 		8 June
2020 		17 June
2020 		9 days Independent Anoushkaa II Princess Anoushkaa
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations
Ankurjyoti Thakuria
(born 2002) 		17 June
2020 		16 September
2020 		91 days Congress Anoushkaa II Princess Anoushkaa
Nishwan Baidantic
(born 2001) 		16 September
2020 		1 October
2020 		15 days
Prince Abhiraj
(born 2006) 		1 October
2020 		3 October
2020 		2 days
Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu
(born 2004)
Unelected
(Prime Minister from 28 January 2021) 		3 October
2020 		28 January
2021 		149 days Party of Progress and Prosperity
28 January
2021 		1 March
2021 		Independent Ștefan I Self
Position vacant between 1 March and 5 March 2021.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu
(born 2004)
MP for Rajagriha
(Prime Minister) 		6 March
2021 		18 June
2021 		104 days Congress Ștefan II Self
Minister of External Affairs
Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu
(born 2004)
MP for Rajagriha
(Prime Minister) 		18 June
2021 		11 September
2021 		85 days Congress Ștefan II Self
Ned Vodă
(born 2001)
MP for National List 		11 September
2021 		21 October
2021 		40 days Farhaz I Farhaz Hazarika
Patrick Kenny
(born 2002)
Unelected 		21 October
2021 		22 November
2021 		32 days Independent Phillip Phillip Joseph Pillin
Rory Leonard
(born 2007)
MP for Kalapani 		22 November
2021 		15 January
2022 		54 days Congress Farhaz II Farhaz Hazarika
Michal Nowacki
(born 2003)
Councillor for Purvanchal 		15 January
2022 		17 March
2022 		1 year, 61 days
His Illustrious and Royal Majesty
Dhrubajyoti Roy,
Rashtradhyaksh
(born 2002) 		17 March
2022 		12 May
2022 		56 days Independent
Tyler Mullins
(born 1997)
MP for Bhetapara
(Advisor to the Government) 		Congress
Liam Alexander
(born 2005)
MP for Gotanagar 		12 May
2022 		13 July
2022
(on leave from 9 July) 		62 days Independent Farhaz III
Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia
(born 2002)
MP for Basistha Central
(Additional charge)[a] 		9 July
2022 		16 July
2022 		7 days
Rafe Burfield
(born 2005)
MP for Chandril 		16 July
2022 		11 November
2022 		245 days
12 November
2022 		18 March
2023 		Congress Farhaz IV
Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia
(born 2002)
MP for Kalapani 		18 March
2023 		Incumbent 196 days

Notes

  1. ↑ Parliamentary Affairs, Law and Justice minister Arthur Lacey-Scott was assigned the additional duties of the Minister of External Affairs for the period of leave of absence of Liam Alexander.
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