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Gary Anandasangaree

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Gary Anandasangaree

கரி ஆனந்தசங்கரி
Minister of Justice
Attorney General of Canada
Assumed office
March 14, 2025
Prime MinisterMark Carney
Preceded byArif Virani
Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Assumed office
December 20, 2024
Prime MinisterMark Carney
Justin Trudeau
Preceded byHimself (Crown–Indigenous Relations)
Dan Vandal (Northern Affairs)
Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
In office
December 20, 2024 – March 14, 2025
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byDan Vandal
Succeeded byvacant
Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations
In office
July 26, 2023 – December 20, 2024
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byMarc Miller
Succeeded byHimself
Member of Parliament
for Scarborough—Rouge Park
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byRiding established
Personal details
Born
Sathiyasangaree Anandasangaree

October 14 1973
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal
ParentsV. Anandasangaree
ResidenceMarkham, Ontario, Canada[1]
Alma mater
ProfessionLawyer

Sathiyasangaree "Gary" Anandasangaree (Tamil: சத்தியசங்கரி ஆனந்தசங்கரி) is a Canadian politician and a lawyer who has been the minister of Crown–Indigenous relations and northern affairs since December 2024 and minister of justice and attorney general of Canada since March 2025. He was elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. He is the member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough—Rouge Park.

On July 26, 2023, Anandasangaree became the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations.[2]

In the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, he supported Mark Carney.[3]

References

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  1. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. "Prime Minister announces changes to the Ministry". Prime Minister of Canada. 2023-07-26. Archived from the original on 2023-07-26. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. "Northern MP backs Carney in Liberal leadership race". TimminsToday.com. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-23.