Anita Anand is the new Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs. It is part of the new 38-member cabinet under Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. According to reports on Tuesday, she took an oath while putting her hand on Bhagavad Git.
Anita Anand replaced Mélanie Joly and became the first Hindu woman to be named Canadian Foreign Minister. The Indian Minister of Outside Affairs Jaishankar congratulated the anand to her appointment.
Anita Anand, sharing a video about the ceremonial introduction of the oath, has published on X: “I am honored to be named Canadian Foreign Minister.
The appointment of Indian origin Anita Anita for Canadian Minister came after relationships with India-Canada came in 2023.
The tension escalated between India and Canada after the then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Parliament in September 2023 claimed that his government “actively follows trusted accusations” connecting Indian government agents with the murder of Hardeep Singha Nijjar on his land.
India rejected these claims as “absurd and motivated”.
The previous role of Anita Anand
Previously, Anita Anand served as Canadian Defense Minister, Minister of Transport, Minister of International Trade and Head of the Treasury.
Previously, she threw the hat into the race for the place of the Prime Minister after Justin Trude decided to withdraw from the post. Later she decided from the race and said that “she would continue to honestly perform her roles as a public office holder until the next elections.”
He was born and grew up in rural New Scotland and Anand moved to Ontario in 1985. Her mother comes from Panjab and her father comes from Tamil Nadu. Hindustan Times announced that she had two sisters, Gita and Sonia.
Anita Anand and her husband, John, raised their four children in Oakville, according to information on the Canadian government website.
Anita Anand is the holder of the Bachelor of Arts in Queen’s University political studies, the Bachelor of Arts (honors) in Jurisprudence of the University of Oxford, the bachelor of laws from Dalhousia University, and the Master of the laws of Toronto University. In 1994 she was called to the Ontario bar.
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