♦ Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney named Anita Anand the foreign minister in his new cabinet on 14 May 2025.

♦ She replaced Mélanie Joly, who will now serve as the Minister of Industry. 

♦ Carney also appointed Maninder Sidhu as the international trade minister, and two others of Indian descent as secretaries of state, the equivalent of ministers of state. 

♦ Anita Indira Anand is a Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician.

♦ She had served as Canada's defence minister, transport minister and minister of innovation, science and industry so far.

♦ She is also the first Hindu woman to be appointed as Canada’s Foreign Minister.