PM Mark Carney appoints Anita Anand as Foreign Minister of Canada
Appointment
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The newly sworn-in government of Mark Carney in Canada has appointed Anita Anand of Indian origin as the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. Prime Minister Mark Carney and his 28-member Council of Ministers were sworn in on 13 May 2025 after his Liberal party emerged as the largest party in the recently held Parliamentary election. Four people of Indian origin, including Anita Anand, have been included in Mark Carney’s government.
Mark Carney and his Council of Ministers were sworn in by the Governor General Mary Simon in Ottawa, the capital of Canada.
The United Kingdom Monarch, King Charles III, is the Head of State of Canada, and the Governor General, Mary Simon, represents King Charles III in Canada.
2025 Parliamentary Election in Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney called for an early parliamentary election in Canada after he was sworn in as the 24th Prime Minister of Canada in March 2025, after Justin Trudeau resigned.
An election was held in Canada on 28 April 2025 to elect a new 45th House of Commons of the Canadian Parliament.
The term of the House of Commons is five years.
Election was held in the shadow of American President Donald Trump’s threat to impose massive tariffs on Canadian products and his repeated call to make Canada the 51st State of the United States of America.
This helped Mark Carney, who inherited a deeply unpopular government from Justin Trudeau, as Canada rallied behind Mark Carney.
Opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), lost their seats.
The Liberal Party of Mark Carney won 170 seats in the 343-member House of Commons.
Results on three seats have been challenged in the court, and the results are awaited.
Anita Anand as Foreign Minister
Anita Anand, who was a minister in the earlier Justin Trudeau government, was appointed the Minister for Foreign Affairs. She is the first Hindu woman to be appointed as the country’s foreign minister.
She took her oath on the Bhagavad Gita and represents Oakville East in the House of Commons..
Her mother is from Tamil Nadu, and her father is from Punjab.
Other Indian origin Minister
Maninder Sidhu -Minister of International Trade
Secretaries of State (equivalent to Junior Minister)
- Ruby Sahota - Combating Crime
- Randeep Sarai, international development
Capital of Canada - Ottawa
Currency - Canadian Dollar
Prime Minister - Mark Carney
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