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Anita Anand

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Anita Anand is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Anita Anand · Anita Anandová · Анита Ананд · Аніта Ананд · أنيتا أناند · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	Anita I Anand · Anita Indira Anand · Anitha Anand · Ананд, Анита · 아니타 아난드 · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	アニータ・アナンド · 安妮塔·阿南德				[sources]
Birth date	1967				[sources]
Place of birth	Kentville				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Canada				[sources]
Citizenship	Canada				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Anita · Indira				[sources]
Last name	Anand				[sources]
Title	Her Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q67442310				[sources]
Position	Member of parliament Minister of National Defense · Minister of Foreign Affairs · Minister of National Defence (2021-2023) · Minister of Public Services and Procurement (2019-2021) · member of parliament · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Oxford				[sources]
Religion	Hinduism				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-08-14	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Canadian politician and professor (born 1967)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-17

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sonia Anand Close Associate	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Foreign Affairs	-	-
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada	2025-03-14

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,806

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,038

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,019

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States of America · CIA

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,050

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

External databases

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Wikidata350,145

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,280

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-canada-anita-anand-minister-of-foreign-affairs · unprot-8c3a1a00c3d77057dcc2f660892f63f36b15538f · ir-san-fbc532f23816bd20f881ed3927ccc25a01bdadba · unprot-6c01ea284b35f3886f7b6ff000ff0c15285c5ac1 · us-cia-canada-anita-anand-minister-of-innovation-science-industry

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