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Harjit Sajjan

1970 - Today

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Harjit Singh Sajjan (born September 6, 1970) is a Canadian former politician, military officer, and police officer who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver South from 2015 to 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Sajjan held a number of Cabinet positions. He was Minister of National Defence from 2015 to 2021, Minister of International Development from 2021 to 2023, and Minister of Emergency Preparedness and President of the Privy Council from 2023 to 2025. Before entering politics, Sajjan was a Vancouver Police Department detective and a lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Harjit Sajjan is the 19,383rd most popular politician (down from 18,901st in 2024), the 1,434th most popular biography from India (down from 1,337th in 2019) and the 307th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harjit Sajjan ranks 19,383 out of 19,576Before him are Krisztián Kulcsár, Sadiq Sanjrani, Arlene Foster, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Anne Spiegel, and Mesila Doda. After him are Debbie Knox, Trine Skei Grande, Jim Douglas, Jesse Klaver, Yasin Malik, and Brooke Rollins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Harjit Sajjan ranks 1,146Before him are Snežana Pajkić, Maulen Mamyrov, Sadiq Sanjrani, Matt Flynn, Arlene Foster, and Daniel Sánchez Arévalo. After him are Vadim Bogiev, Pierre Lueders, Anil Kumble, Zen Gesner, Jason Stoltenberg, and Susan Tedeschi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Harjit Sajjan ranks 1,434 out of 1,861Before him are Tamilisai Soundararajan (1961), Premlata Agrawal (null), Anupama Deshpande (1953), Aditya Pancholi (1965), Dhanush (1983), and Namitha (1981). After him are Anil Kumble (1970), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (1970), Tapan Kumar Pradhan (1972), Varun Dhawan (1987), Neeraj Chopra (1997), and Sarabjit Singh (1963).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Harjit Sajjan ranks 307Before him are Mohammad Azharuddin (1963), Smriti Irani (1976), Arundhati Bhattacharya (1956), Jyotindra Nath Dixit (1936), Ashwini Vaishnaw (1970), and Tamilisai Soundararajan (1961). After him are Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (1970), Ravi Shastri (1962), Himanta Biswa Sarma (1969), Dimple Yadav (1978), Shubhanshu Shukla (1985), and Pramila Jayapal (1965).