As Rishi Sunak Becomes UK PM, Here's A List Of Indian-origin Leaders Across The World In Top Posts
As Indian-origin Rishi Sunak becomes the United Kingdom's youngest and first Prime Minister of colour, here's a look at some other incumbent Indian-origin leaders around the world. Take a look.
1) Ant¨®nio Costa, Portugal PM
Ant¨®nio Lu¨ªs Santos da Costa (born 17 July 1961)is currently the prime minister of Portugal since 26 November 2015. He is also a Portuguese lawyer and politician serving as the 119th head of government.
Born in Lisbon, Costa is the son of writer Orlando da Costa and journalist Maria Ant¨®nia Palla. Costa is half Portuguese and half Indian; his father was born in Maputo, Mozambique, to a Goan family. In Goa, Costa is affectionately known as Babush, a word in Konkani meaning a young loved one.
2)?Pravind Jugnauth, Mauritius PM
Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (born 25 December 1961) is a Mauritian politician serving as the prime minister of Mauritius since January 2017.?Born in a suburb area in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius, Jugnauth was born into a Hindu Ahir family. He was born to Anerood Jugnauth, a barrister, and Sarojini Ballah, a schoolteacher.
3)?Prithvirajsing Roopun, President of Mauritius
Prithvirajsing Roopun (born 24 May 1959), also known as Pradeep Singh Roopun, is a Mauritian politician serving as the seventh president of Mauritius since 2019.Prithvirajsing Roopun was born in an Indian Arya Samaji Hindu family and grew up in Morcellement St. Jean, a suburb of Quatre Bornes.??
4) Halimah Yacob, President of Singapore?
Halimah Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician and former lawyer who has been serving as the eighth president of Singapore since 2017. Prior to her presidency, she was the country's parliament speaker. She is also the first female president in Singapore's history.
Halimah was born at her family home on Queen Street in Singapore, to an Indian father and Malay mother. Her father was a watchman who died due to a heart attack when she was eight years old, leaving her and four siblings to be brought up by her mother.
5) Chan Santokhi, President of Suriname
Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi *born 3 February 1959) is a Surinamese politician and former police officer who is the 9th president of Suriname, since 2020.?Chandrikapersad Santokhi was born in an Indo-Surinamese Hindu family in Lelydorp, in district Suriname (now known as district Wanica). He grew up in the countryside as the youngest in a family of nine children. His father worked at the harbor of Paramaribo and his mother worked as a shop assistant in Lelydorp.
6) Irfaan Ali,?President of Guyana
Mohamed Irfaan Ali (born 25 April 1980) is a Guyanese politician and the president of Guyana. Ali is the first Muslim president of Guyana, along with being the second Muslim head of state in the Americas after Noor Hassanali.
Ali was born to an Indo-Guyanese Muslim family in Leonora, a village in the West Coast Demarara region of Guyana. The child of two educators and one of two sons, Ali also spent many of his formative years on the island of Leguan.
7) Wavel Ramkalawan,?President of Seychelles
Wavel Ramkalawan (born 15 March 1961) is a Seychellois politician and Anglican priest who has been serving as the president of Seychelles since 26 October 2020. Ramkalawan was born in Mah¨¦, the principal island of Seychelles. He was born into a modest family, the youngest of three children. His grandfather was from Bihar, India. His father was a tinsmith while his mother was a teacher.
Other popular leaders
Other than the head of states and governments, many Indian-origin leaders have gained massive popularity in the recent past. Take a look.
Kamala Harris, US Vice President?
Kamala Devi Harris is the 49th Vice President of the United States and an American politician and attorney. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in the United States' history, as well as the first African American and Asian American vice president. Born in California to Indian and Jamaican parents, she is the first woman and first person of colour to hold that position. She was a senator for California from 2017 to 2021 and the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Jagmeet Singh, Canada MP
Singh was born on January 2, 1979, in Scarborough, Ontario, to Indian parents Harmeet Kaur and Jagtaran Singh.[21] His mother is from Ghudani Khurd, Punjab, India, while his father is from Thikriwala, Punjab, India.
His great-grandfather was Sewa Singh Thikriwala, a political activist who campaigned for the cause of Indian independence. Another great-grandfather, Hira Singh, served in World War I and World War II in the Sikh Regiment of the British Indian Army.
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