Anita Anand

Anand was first elected as the MP for Oakville in the October 2019 election and was subsequently appointed to Cabinet in November. In the 29th Canadian Ministry, chaired by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Anand first served as the minister of public services and procurement, where she was responsible for the federal government's procurement of vaccines and personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, she became the minister of national defence and played a key role in Canadian efforts to provide military aid to Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Anand was the president of the Treasury Board from 2023 to 2024 and the minister of transport and internal trade from 2024 to 2025. In 2021, Anand was named Canada's "most valuable politician" by ''The Hill Times'', and in 2022, ''Maclean's'' described her as the Trudeau government's "all-round fixer".
In the 30th Canadian Ministry, chaired by Prime Minister Mark Carney, Anand was appointed as the minister of innovation, science and industry. She held the role for two months prior to her appointment as the minister of foreign affairs following the 2025 federal election.
Anand is the first Hindu woman to be elected to Parliament and the first Hindu member of Cabinet in Canada. She is also only the second woman, after former Prime Minister Kim Campbell, to serve as minister of national defence, and the first racialized person in Canadian history to serve as minister of foreign affairs. Provided by Wikipedia
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