2021 Indiaspora Government Leaders List Heads of Government First Name Last Name Title Country Antonio Costa Prime Minister Portugal Mohamed Irfaan Ali President Guyana Pravind Kumar Jugnauth Prime Minister Mauritius Prithvirajsing Roopun President Mauritius Chandrikapersad Santokhi President Suriname Deputy Heads of Government First Name Last Name Title Country Kamala Harris Vice President United States Bharrat Jagdeo Vice President Guyana Leo Varadkar Deputy Prime Minister Ireland Cabinet & Ministers First Name Last Name Title Country Armand Achaibersing Minister of Finance, Economic Planning, and Development Suriname Rosy Akbar Minister of Education, Heritage, and Arts Fiji Faris Al-Rawi Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Trinidad and Tobago Anita Anand Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada Frank Anthony Minister of Health Guyana Parveen Bala Minister for Employment, Productivity, Industrial Relations, Youth and Sports Fiji Vivian Balakrishnan Minister for Foreign Affairs Singapore Darsanand Balgobin Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation Mauritius Vickram Bharrat Minister of Natural Resources Guyana Soomilduth Bholah Minister of Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives Mauritius Suella Braverman Attorney General United Kingdom 1 Bardish Chagger Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth Canada Nelson de Souza Minister of Planning Portugal Terrence Deyalsingh Minister of Health Trinidad and Tobago Nigel Dharamlall Minister of Local Govt. and Regional Development Guyana Leela Devi Dookhun-Luchoomun Minister of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Mauritius Alan Ganoo Minister of Land Transport and Light Rail Mauritius Maneesh Gobin Attorney General Mauritius Pravin Gordhan Minister of Public Enterprises South Africa Teeruthraj Hurdoyal Minister of Public Service, Administrative and Institutional Reforms Mauritius Deodat Indar Minister within the Ministry of Public Works Guyana S. Iswaran Minister for Communications and Information Singapore Franklin Khan Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Trinidad and Tobago Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare Mauritius Rishma Kuldipsingh Minister of Employment and Youth Suriname Premila Kumar Minister for Local Government, Housing and Community Development Fiji Priya Manickchand Minister of Education Guyana Krishna Mathoera Minister of Defense Suriname Sudheer Maudhoo Minister of Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping Mauritius Saravanan Murugan Minister of Human Resources Malaysia Anil Nandlall Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Guyana Riad Nurmohamed Minister of Public Works Suriname Renganaden Padayachy Minister of Finance, Economic Planning, and Development Mauritius Sonia (Savitri) Parag Minister of Public Works Guyana Ebrahim Patel Minister of Trade and Industry South Africa Priti Patel Secretary of State for the Home Dept. United Kingdom Anand Persaud Minister within the Ministry of Local Government Guyana Vindhya Persaud Minister of Human Services and Social Security Guyana Priyanca Radhakrishnan Minister for Diversity, Inclusion, and Ethnic Communities New Zealand Indranee Rajah Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Singapore Amar Ramadhin Minister of Public Health Suriname Kavyadass Ramano Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Mauritius Clarence Rambharat Minister of Agriculture, Land, and Fisheries Trinidad and Tobago Albert Ramdin Minister of Foreign Affairs Suriname 2 Hanafi Ramsaran Minister of Welfare and Housing Suriname Charles Ramson Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports Guyana Mahendra Reddy Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Environment Fiji Harjit Sajjan Minister of Defence Canada Soodesh Satkam Callichurn Minister of Labour, Human Resource Development and Training Mauritius K. Shanmugam Minister for Home Affairs & Minister for Law Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Singapore Alok Sharma President, COP26 United Kingdom Mahendranuth Sharma Hurreeram Minister of National Infrastructure and Community Development Mauritius Rohan Sinanan Minister of Works and Transport Trinidad and Tobago Avinash Singh Parliamentary Secretary in Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Trinidad and Tobago Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal Minister of Health and Wellness Mauritius Rishi Sunak Chancellor of the Exchequer United Kingdom Neera Tanden Nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director United States Avinash Teeluck Minister of Arts and Cultural Heritage Mauritius Ambassadors First Name Last Name Title Country Niermala Badrising Ambassador to the U.S. Suriname Riyad Insanally Ambassador to the U.S. Guyana Gita Kamath HIgh Comissioner to South Africa Australia Ashna Kanhai Ambassador to India Suriname Rajendre Khargi Ambassador to the Netherlands Suriname Namita Khatri High Commissioner of Fiji to India Fiji Ashok Kumar Mirpuri Ambassador to the U.S. Singapore Vikash Neethalia Ambassador to the U.S. Mauritius Nadir Patel High Commissioner to India Canada Kamal Vaswani Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Singapore Consuls General First Name Last Name Title Country Rana Sarkar Consul General of Canada in San Francisco Canada Dominic Trindade Consul General of Australia in Shanghai, China (People's Republic of) Australia 3 Chief Justices First Name Last Name Title Country Sundaresh Menon Chief Justice Singapore Asraf Caunhye Chief Justice Mauritius Kamal Kumar Chief Justice Fiji Iwan Rasoelbaks President of High Court of Justice Suriname Heads of Central Banks First Name Last Name Title Country Ravi Menon Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Singapore Gobind Ganga Governor of The Bank of Guyana Guyana Harvesh Seegolam Governor of The Bank of Mauritius Mauritius Ariff Ali Governor, Reserve Bank of Fiji Fiji Senior Civil Servants First Name Last Name Title Country Harinder Sidhu Deputy Secretary, Service Delivery Group, Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia Anil Arora Chief Statistician of Canada Canada Parliamentarians & Legislators First Name Last Name Title Country Waheed Alli Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Chandra Arya Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Navdeep Bains Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry Canada Ami Bera House of Representatives (CA) United States Mergan Chetty National Assembly South Africa Claire Coutinho MP, House of Commons United Kingdom Darryl David Member of Parliament Singapore Thangam Debbonaire Member of Parliament - House of Commons United Kingdom Meghnad Desai Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Sukh Dhaliwal Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Anju Dhillon Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada 4 Navnit Dholakia Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Jitesh Gadhia Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Mohammed Haniff Hoosen National Assembly South Africa Pramila Jayapal House of Representatives (WA) United States Ranil Jayawardena Member of Parliament - House of Commons United Kingdom Ajay Kakkar Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Preet Kaur Gill Member of Parliament - House of Commons United Kingdom Ro Khanna House of Representatives (CA) United States Kamal Khera Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Raja Krishnamoorthi House of Representatives (IL) United States Seema Malhotra Member of Parliament - House of Commons United Kingdom Sabi Marwah Member of Parliament - Senator Canada Navendu Mishra Member of Parliament - House of Commons United Kingdom Gagan Mohindra Member of Parliament - House of Commons United Kingdom Vikram Nair Member of Parliament Singapore Lisa Nandy Member of Parliament - House of Commons United Kingdom Ratna Omidvar Member of Parliament - Senator Canada Kamlesh Patel Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Narendra Patel Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Swaraj Paul Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Murali Pillai Member of Parliament Singapore Dolar Popat Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Usha Prashar Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Janil Puthucheary Member of Parliament Singapore Diljit Rana Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Yasmin Ratansi Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Jag Sahota Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Ruby Sahota Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Raj Saini Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Ramesh Sangha Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Randeep Sarai Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Bob Saroya Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Ashor Sarupen National Assembly South Africa 5 Ahmed Munzoor Shaik Emam National Assembly South Africa Virendra Sharma Member of Parliament - House of Commons United Kingdom Dewanchandrebhose Sharman Vice Chair Speaker of the House Suriname Iltaf Sheikh Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Maninder Sidhu Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Sonia Sidhu Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Gagan Sikand Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Prem Nath Sikka Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Indarjit Singh Member of Parliament - House of Lords United Kingdom Jagmeet Singh Member of Parliament - House of Commons Canada Narend Singh National Assembly South Africa Pritam Singh Member of Parliament Singapore Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi