Anita Anand Named Foreign Minister Of Canada: All About The Lawyer, Researcher, Scholar

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who won nan nationalist elections past month, announced his caller furniture connected Tuesday. Among different ministers, he named Anita Anand nan overseas minister, replacing Melanie Joly. Carney trim nan number of ministers to 29 from nan 39 nether erstwhile Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar congratulated Anita Anand connected societal media. “Congratulate @AnitaAnandMP connected your assignment arsenic Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,” he said. 

WHO IS ANITA ANAND?

Anita Anand was calved and raised successful agrarian Nova Scotia, from wherever she moved to Ontario successful 1985. She is nan girl of precocious Saroj D Ram, an anesthesiologist, who hailed from Punjab, and S.V. (Andy) Anand, a wide surgeon, who hailed from Punjab. Her parents moved from Nigeria to Kentville successful Nova Scotia, wherever they raised their 3 daughters.

She pursued a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) successful Political Studies from Queen’s University, a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) successful Jurisprudence from nan University of Oxford, a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University, and a Master of Laws from nan University of Toronto. 

She joined nan Bar of Ontario successful 1994. 

A scholar, lawyer, researcher, Anita Anand was first elected arsenic nan Member of Parliament for Oakville successful 2019, and was re-elected successful 2021. She has served arsenic nan Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry astir recently, arsenic good arsenic Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, President of nan Treasury Board, Minister of National Defence, and Minister of Public Services and Procurement anterior to that.

Anand is known for her activity successful negotiating contracts to unafraid vaccines, individual protective instrumentality and accelerated tests for Canadians during nan tallness of nan COVID-19 pandemic. 

She had, aft that, besides served arsenic nan Minister of National Defence, striving to bring astir a taste alteration successful nan Canadian equipped forces arsenic good arsenic to guidelines retired intersexual misconduct from there. 

Anand has besides acted arsenic nan President of nan Treasury Board, spearheading a government-wide spending reappraisal and worked to trim reddish portion for mini businesses and entrepreneurs. She besides played a domiciled successful Canada securing its first-ever high-speed obstruction project. 

Anita and her hubby John raise their 4 children successful Oakville. 

Published on: May 14, 2025 9:37 AM IST