predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp religion party office primeminister birth_date term_start spouse signature image article_title term_end name alma_mater
john stronach -lrb- democratic renewal -rrb- gary pillitteri al macbain baird peter mackay vic toews tony valeri belinda jason loan gary pillitteri kenney peter mackay peter van loan peter van canadian canadian niagara falls , canada niagara falls roman catholicism progressive -- present -rrb- conservative -lrb- before 2003 -rrb- conservative -lrb- 2003 minister of justice leader of the government in the house of of commons minister responsible for democratic reform foreign affairs minister of national defence minister stephen harper harper stephen harper stephen harper stephen harper stephen 29 april 1952 february 4 , 2007 february 6 , 2006 february 6 , 9 2006 june 28 , 2004 september 4 , 1984 , 2015 july 15 , 2013 january arlene nicholson rob nicholson signature.jpg rob nicholson 2013 crop.jpg rob nicholson
 february 4 , 2007 january 4 , 2007 october 25 , 9 1993 , 2015 july 15 , 2013 january robert nicholson queen 's university university of windsor
rob nicholson

robert douglas `` rob '' nicholson , pc , qc , mp -lrb- born april 29 , 1952 -rrb- , is the minister of foreign affairs of canada .
he is a current member of the canadian house of commons , representing the riding of niagara falls for the conservative party and the former minister of national defence , minister of justice , and leader of the government in the house of commons .
