Anita Anand
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Anita Anand | |
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Minister of Transport | |
Assumed office September 19, 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Pablo Rodriguez |
Minister of Internal Trade | |
Assumed office December 20, 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Dominic LeBlanc (2019) |
President of the Treasury Board | |
In office July 26, 2023 – December 20, 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Mona Fortier |
Succeeded by | Ginette Petitpas Taylor |
Minister of National Defence | |
In office October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Harjit Sajjan |
Succeeded by | Bill Blair |
Receiver General for Canada Minister of Public Services and Procurement | |
In office November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Carla Qualtrough |
Succeeded by | Filomena Tassi |
Member of Parliament for Oakville | |
Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
Preceded by | John Oliver |
Personal details | |
Born | Indira Anita Anand[1] May 20, 1967 Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Relatives | Sonia Anand (sister) |
Residence | Oakville, Ontario, Canada |
Alma mater | Queen's University (BA) Wadham College, Oxford (BA) Dalhousie University (LLB) University of Toronto (LLM) |
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Anita Anand PC MP (born 1967) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. In 2024, Anand became the Minister of Transport and Minister of Internal Trade. She was the minister of national defence from 2021 to 2023. She has represented the riding of Oakville in the House of Commons since 2019. She is a member of the Liberal Party.
She is the first Indian Canadian of a Hindu background to become a federal minister in Canada.[2][3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The Canadian Ministry (by order of precedence)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ↑ "Meet Anita Indira Anand, a law professor who became Canada's first Hindu minister". Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ↑ "Anita Anand first Hindu to be appointed cabinet minister in Canada". Hindustan Times. 2019-11-21. Archived from the original on 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-04.