Lloyd Axworthy

Lloyd Axworthy
Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in 1999
President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg
In office
June 6, 2004 – June 27, 2014
ChancellorSanford Riley
Bob Silver
Preceded byPatrick Deane (acting)
Succeeded byAnnette Trimbee
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
January 25, 1996 – October 16, 2000
Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Preceded byAndré Ouellet
Succeeded byJohn Manley
Minister of Employment and Immigration
In office
November 4, 1993 – January 24, 1996
Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Preceded byBernard Valcourt
Succeeded byDoug Young
In office
March 3, 1980 – August 11, 1983
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byRon Atkey
Succeeded byJohn Roberts
Minister of Labour
In office
November 4, 1993 – February 21, 1995
Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Preceded byBernard Valcourt
Succeeded byLucienne Robillard
Minister of Transport
In office
August 12, 1983 – September 16, 1984
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
John Turner
Preceded byJean-Luc Pépin
Succeeded byDon Mazankowski
Member of Parliament
for Winnipeg South Centre
(Winnipeg—Fort Garry; 1979–1988)
In office
May 22, 1979 – November 27, 2000
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byAnita Neville
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Fort Rouge
In office
June 28, 1973 – April 6, 1979
Preceded byInez Trueman
Succeeded byJune Westbury
Personal details
Born
Lloyd Norman Axworthy

(1939-12-21) December 21, 1939 (age 84)
North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations
New Democratic
Alma materUniversity of Winnipeg (BA)
Princeton University (Ph.D.)
OccupationAcademic, author

Lloyd Norman Axworthy PC CC OM (born December 21, 1939) is a Canadian politician, elder statesman and academic. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Following his retirement from parliament, he served as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg from 2004 to 2014 and as chancellor of St. Paul's University College (a constituent institution of the University of Waterloo). He is currently the Chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council.