Minister of Rural Economic Development
{{Short description|Canadian federal cabinet position}}
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| post = Secretary of State (Rural Development)
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| incumbent = Buckley Belanger
| incumbentsince = May 13, 2025
| department = Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| style = The Honourable
| member_of = {{hlist|Cabinet||Privy Council}}
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| appointer = Monarch (represented by the governor general);{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/role/responsibilities/constitutional-duties|title=Constitutional Duties|website=The Governor General of Canada|access-date=2020-04-20|archive-date=2020-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423211544/https://www.gg.ca/en/role/responsibilities/constitutional-duties|url-status=dead}}
| appointer_qualified = on the advice of the prime minister{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/procedure-book-livre/Document.aspx?sbdid=73CC891E-0676-4773-850B-CCDCB472AD8C&sbpid=BE842475-5632-4969-835B-FC015CE50169&Language=E&Mode=1|title=House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 1. Parliamentary Institutions - Canadian Parliamentary Institutions|website=www.ourcommons.ca|access-date=2020-04-20}}
| termlength = genderp=~}}}} Majesty's pleasure
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| formation = January 14, 2019
| inaugural = Bernadette Jordan
| salary = {{nowrap|CA$299,900 (2024){{cite web |url = https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Salaries?ggCheckbox=false&senateCheckbox=false&HocCheckbox=true |title=Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances |date=April 1, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2025 }}}}
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{{Politics of Canada}}
The minister of Rural Economic Development ({{langx|fr|Ministre du Développement économique rural}}) was a Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet during the 29th Canadian Ministry led by Justin Trudeau. It was created in January 2019 and discontinued in March 2025, being merged with the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food to create a new post, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development. It was re-created in 2025 under the title of Secretary of State (Rural Development).
List of ministers
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!No. !Portrait !Name ! colspan="2" |Term of office !Political party !Ministry |
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" |1
|50px |January 14, 2019 |November 20, 2019 |Rowspan=3|29 (J. Trudeau) |
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| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" |2
|50px |November 20, 2019 |Liberal |
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" |3
|50px |October 26, 2021 |March 14, 2025 |Liberal |
| colspan=7|Position discontinued, replaced by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development until 2025 |
| colspan=7|Secretary of State (Rural Development) |
| style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" |4
| |May 13, 2025 |present |Liberal |
