Lloyd Axworthy

Lloyd Axworthy (center) greeted by General Richard B. Myers on a visit to Peterson Air Force Base on March 11, 1999

Lloyd Axworthy PC CC OM (born December 21, 1939 in North Battleford , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian political scientist , university professor , author and politician for the Liberal Party of Canada , who was and is currently a member of the House of Commons for over 21 years and several times minister such as foreign minister President of the University of Winnipeg , was awarded the North-South Prize together with Graça Machel in 1998 and was one of the signatories of Global Zero in 2008 , an initiative for complete global nuclear disarmament.

Life

University professor and member of parliament

After attending school, Axworthy completed a degree in political science at United College, which he completed in 1961 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed a subsequent postgraduate course at Princeton University in 1963 with a Master of Arts (MA) before he received a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. ) there in 1971 with a thesis on The Task Force on Housing and Urban Development: a study of democratic decision-making in Canada .

After returning to Canada, he took on professorships at the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg. In addition to his teaching activities, he has published numerous specialist books that deal in particular with topics such as local politics , town planning and urbanization .

During his studies, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in the general election on June 25, 1968 for the Liberal Party in the constituency of Winnipeg North Center . On June 28, 1973 Axworthy became a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party as a member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly and represented the constituency of Fort Rouge until April 6, 1979 , after the election of October 11, 1977, he was the only representative of his party in the legislative assembly of that province.

In the general election of May 22, 1979 , he was elected for the first time as a member of the lower house and first represented the constituency of Winnipeg-Fort Garry and then, from the general election on November 21, 1988 to the general election on November 27, 2000, the constituency of Winnipeg South Center .

Minister and opposition politician

On March 3, 1980, Axworthy was appointed Minister of Employment and Immigration to the 22nd Government of Canada by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and held that position until August 11, 1983. He was also between March 3, 1980 and September 21, 1981 also minister responsible for the status of women before he became minister of transport on August 12, 1983 and also held this office in the 23rd Canadian cabinet formed between June 30 and September 16, 1984 by Trudeau's successor, John Turner . At the same time he was also Minister of State for the Canadian Wheat Authority from June 30 to September 16, 1984 and from February 25, 1981 to 1984, he was also the regional minister responsible for Manitoba in the cabinet .

After the electoral defeat of the Liberal Party in the general election September 4, 1984 Axworthy took over many of the now in the opposition contained faction of the Liberal Party and was only from October 1984 to August 1985 Opposition spokesman on regional industrial expansion, then until September 1990, International Trade and at the same time from August 1985 to January 1987 for the Wheat Authority of Canada and also from March 1988 to February 1989 for the Treasury. At the same time Axworthy was from September 30, 1986 to October 1, 1988 Vice-Chairman of the Special Committee of the House of Commons for the Peace Process in Central America .

Most recently he was foreign policy spokesman for the liberal opposition faction in the House of Commons between September 1990 and September 1993, and vice-chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade from May 13, 1991 to September 8, 1993.

Foreign Minister and Awards

After victory of the Liberal Party in the general election on 25 October 1993 Prime Minister called him Jean Chrétien in the 26th Canadian Cabinet . Between November 4, 1993 and January 24, 1996, he was Minister for Economic Diversification of the West and at the same time Minister for Employment and Immigration. In addition, he was from November 4, 1993 to February 21, 1995 also Minister of Labor and from November 1993 to 2000 again in the cabinet responsible regional minister for Manitoba.

As part of a cabinet reshuffle, Axworthy finally succeeded André Ouellet as Foreign Minister in the Chrétien cabinet on January 25, 1996 and held this office until October 16, 2000. He was then succeeded by the previous Minister for Industry, John Manley .

In 1998, together with Graça Machel, he received the North-South Prize for his exceptional achievements in the field of human rights , democracy and diplomacy between North and South - especially between Europe and Africa . After leaving government and the House of Commons, Axworthy, who was awarded the Order of Manitoba in 2001 , served as director and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia .

On May 8, 2003, he was also appointed Officer of the Order of Canada . This recognizes his services in the field of banning anti-personnel mines , the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and the protection of child soldiers in Africa . On June 6, 2004, Axworthy succeeded Patrick Deane as President of the University of Winnipeg and continues to do so today.

In 2008, Axworthy, who is also the Canadian ambassador to UNICEF , was one of the signatories of Global Zero, an initiative for complete global nuclear disarmament.

Publications

• The politics of urban innovation , Winnipeg 1969
• Participation and planning: spontaneous town planning: a paper presented to the Congres d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme, Brussels, November 22, 1971 , Winnipeg 1971
• The future city: a selection of views on the reorganization of government in Greater Winnipeg , Winnipeg 1971
• A public communication system: a study of the use of the new communications technology of government to enhance citizen participation and increase program effectiveness , co-authors J. Cassidy, Jocelyne O'Hara and John Badertscher, Toronto 1971
• Urban democracy and the Canadian constitution , co-author Tom Axworthy, Winnipeg 1971
• An experiment in community renewal: observations and proposals arising from a demonstration project in Winnipeg , co-author Ralph Kuropatwa, Winnipeg 1971
• The Task Force on Housing and Urban Development: a study of democratic decision-making in Canada , Thesis (Ph.D.) - Princeton University 1972
• An experiment in local government , Winnipeg 1972
• The citizen and neighborhood renewal: a collection of working papers on planning with people in the inner city , Winnipeg 1972
• The city: Canada's prospects, Canada's problems , co-author James M. Gillies, Toronto 1973
• A strategy for self-help housing and renewal , Winnipeg 1973
• The infill housing project: phase II report , Winnipeg 1973
• A test for institutional innovation: Winnipeg's unicity , Winnipeg 1973
• The best laid plans often go astray: the case of Winnipeg , Winnipeg 1973
• A discussion paper on urban populism and urban policy-making , co-author Donald Epstein, Winnipeg 1974
• Unicity: the transition; a report , co-author Jim Cassidy, Winnipeg 1974
• Winnipeg's core area: an assessment of conditions affecting law enforcement, a study for the Winnipeg Police Commission , co-authors Pat Christie, Mary Croteau and Stan Wood, Winnipeg 1975
• The case for non-profits in the preservation and provision of urban housing , co-authors Gene Milgram and Christine McKee, Winnipeg 1976
• Land use planning: the financial implication , co-author Mike McCandless, Winnipeg 1976
• Electoral method study for the St. Boniface School Division No. 4 , co-authors Sheila Vanderhoef and Joyce Epstein, Winnipeg 1977
• Urbanization and leisure - what about me ?: Comments on community management of leisure , Winnipeg 1977
• A decade of urban reform: a paper , Winnipeg 1978
• The reorganization of local government in the metropolitan Edmonton area , co-author Jim Lightbody, Calgary 1979
• Part of the Americas: a Liberal policy for Canada in the Western Hemisphere , co-author Roy MacLaren , Ottawa 1991
• The Liberal Party foreign policy platform , co-author Christine Stewart, Ottawa 1993
• Liberals at the border: we stand on guard for whom? , Toronto 2003
• Navigating a new world: Canada's global future , Toronto 2003
• The secure city , co-authors Arthur L. Fallick and Kelly Ross, Vancouver 2004

Web links

• Entry on Parliament's homepage
• Order of Canada