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One of the first two practicing Hindus of Indian descent to be elected to Congress. [6] [7] Shri Thanedar: Democratic: MI-13: January 3, 2023: Incumbent 2 years, 20 days Previously identified himself as a Protestant in Pew Research Center's survey of the 118th Congress, changed affiliation to Hindu in the 119th Congress. [1] Suhas Subramanyam ...
Members of the United States Congress of Indian descent (9 P) Pages in category "American politicians of Indian descent" The following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total.
Raj Pannu – former leader of the Alberta New Democrats; first Indo-Canadian leader of a political party; Harjit Singh Sajjan – Member of Parliament representing the riding of Vancouver South and Minister of National Defense; Randeep Sarai – Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district Surrey Centre
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
This is a list of United States politicians who were born outside the present-day United States, its territories (the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), and its outlying possessions.
This is a list of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans in the U.S. Congress. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The term refers to a panethnic group that includes diverse populations with ancestral origins in East Asia, South Asia or Southeast Asia, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. [1]
She has represented the Indian Youth Congress at international forums like American Council for Young Political Leaders that was held in the US in 2006 and Asian Young Leader's Summit 2009 in Malaysia. She was also selected for Vital-Voice of Asia Asian Women Leaders Meet held in New Delhi in 2010. [4]
In an effort to increase women's participation in politics in India, a 1993 constitutional amendment mandated a randomly selected third of leadership positions at every level of local government to be reserved for women. [168] These political reservation quotas randomly choose one third of cities to implement a women-only election. [169]