The Honourable William Graham

Minister of National Defence

Toronto Centre (Ontario)

Bill Graham was first elected to Parliament in 1993, and was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004. On Jan. 15, 2002, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. He served as Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade from January 1995 to January 2002. He also served as Chair of the Liaison Committee of the House of Commons.

In 1997, he was elected Vice-President of the Parliamentary Association of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and was elected its treasurer in 1999. In 2000, he was elected Chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas.

From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Graham served as treasurer of Liberal International. He was the first North American parliamentarian to join PD Burma, an organization of legislators around the world concerned about democracy in Burma, and is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Council Against Antisemitism.

Prior to being elected to Parliament, he was a professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where he taught international trade law, public international law and the law of the European Community. From 1986 to 1988, he was director of the Centre of International Studies at the University of Toronto.

He holds bachelor of arts (honours) and bachelor of laws degrees from the University of Toronto and a doctorate (sciences juridiques) from the Université de Paris. He and his wife, Catherine, have two children.

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