List of foreign politicians of Indian origin

This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about politicians in countries outside of Indian subcontinent who are of Indian origin.

Countries with heads of state or government of Indian descent (past or present)

Australia

• Christabel Chamarette – Greens Senator for Western Australia
• June D'Rozario – Northern Territory Labor MLA
• Deepak-Raj Gupta – Australian Capital Territory Labor MLA
• Kevin Michel – Western Australia Labor MLA
• Daniel Mookhey – New South Wales Labor MLC
• Lauren Moss – Northern Territory Labor MLA
• Yaz Mubarakai – Western Australia Labor MLA
• Dave Sharma – Liberal MP for Australia
• Lisa Singh – Labor Senator for Tasmania
• Kaushaliya Vaghela – Victoria Labor MLC
• Anne Warner – Queensland Labor MLA

Canada

• Bharat Agnihotri – Alberta Liberal MLA
• Hardial Bains – founder and leader of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada, 1970–1997
• Harry Bains – British Columbia New Democratic MLA
• Navdeep Bains – Liberal Member of Parliament
• Bas Balkissoon
• Gulzar Singh Cheema – Manitoba and British Columbia MLA
• Raj Chouhan – British Columbia NDP MLA
• Herb Dhaliwal – Liberal MP; first Indo-Canadian cabinet minister
• Ruby Dhalla – Liberal MP
• Vic Dhillon – Ontario Liberal MPP
• Ujjal Dosanjh – former Premier of British Columbia; first Indo-Canadian premier; former federal Minister of Health
• Parm Gill – Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Brampton—Springdale
• Raminder Gill – former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP and federal Conservative candidate
• Baljit Gosal – MP and Minister of State for Sports
• Gurmant Grewal – former Conservative MP, half (with Nina, listed below) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
• Nina Grewal – Conservative MP, half (with Gurmant) of the first married couple to serve as MPs in the same session of Parliament
• Dave Hayer – former British Columbia BC Liberal MLA Surrey Tynehead
• Bidhu Jha – Manitoba NDP MLA
• Kamal Khera – Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Brampton West and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue
• Kuldip Singh Kular – Ontario Liberal MPP
• Harry Lali – BC NDP MLA
• Gurbax Singh Malhi – Liberal MP
• Harinder Malhi – Liberal MP
• Rob Nijjar – former BC Liberal MLA
• Deepak Obhrai – Alberta Conservative Party MP
• 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
• Shiraz Shariff – Alberta Progressive Conservative MLA
• Moe Sihota – former British Columbia NDP MLA and television host
• Jaggi Singh – anti-globalization activist
• Jagmeet Singh – former NDP MLA for Bramlea- Malton (Ontario); elected leader of the Federal New Democratic Party (NDP); first person of Indian descent to be elected leader of a prominent party at the national level in North America
• Harinder Takhar – Ontario Liberal MPP and Minister of Transportation
• Tim Uppal – Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton Mill Woods
• Murad Velshi – former Ontario Liberal MPP
• Prasad Panda – UCP MLA for Calgary, Alberta

Fiji

• Mahendra Chaudhry – first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister (1999–2000)
• Ahmed Ali (1938–2005) – several times a cabinet minister
• George Shiu Raj – Cabinet Minister
• Anand Singh – Fiji Labour Party Senator and former Attorney-General
• Vijay R. Singh – former Cabinet Minister
• Sidiq Koya – Leader of the Opposition National Federation Party
• Dorsami Naidu – Leader of the National Federation Party
• A. D. Patel (1905–1969)- founder of the National Federation Party
• Pramod Rae – General Secretary of the National Federation Party
• Jai Ram Reddy – Leader of the National Federation Party (1977–1987; 1992–1999); judge
• Prem Singh – former NFP leader
• Raman Pratap Singh – National Federation Party leader
• Amjad Ali – FLP politician
• Narendra Arjun – former NFP parliamentarian
• Anand Babla – FLP politician
• Pratap Chand – FLP politician
• Gaffar Ahmed – FLP politician
• Gunasagaran Gounder – FLP politician
• Hafiz Khan – businessman and Senator
• James Shri Krishna – FLP politician
• Prince Gopal Lakshman – FLP politician
• Surendra Lal – FLP politician
• Sanjeet Chand Maharaj – FLP politician
• Perumal Mupnar – FLP Member of Parliament
• Shivlal Nagindas – Labasa businessman and former Senator
• Damodran Nair – FLP Member of Parliament
• Gyani Nand – FLP politician
• Ragho Nand – FLP politician
• Udit Narayan – FLP politician
• Krishna Prasad – FLP Member of Parliament
• Ram Sharan – FLP politician
• Gyan Singh – FLP Member of Parliament
• Pravin Singh – FLP Member of Parliament
• Satendra Singh – FLP politician
• Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi – Fiji Labour Party parliamentarian

Guyana

• Dale Bisnauth
• Ronald Gajraj
• Cheddi Jagan – former President of Guyana
• Bharrat Jagdeo – former Prime Minister and President of Guyana
• Samuel Insanally
• Joey Jagan
• Edward Luckhoo
• Lionel Luckhoo – politician, diplomat, and lawyer
• Donald Ramotar – former President of Guyana
• Moses Nagamootoo – former Prime Minister of Guyana
• Irfaan Ali – President of Guyana since August 2020
• Peter Ramsaroop
• Shridath Ramphal – former Commonwealth Secretary General
• Rupert Roopnaraine

Ireland

• Leo Varadkar – former Prime Minister

Jamaica

• Kamala-Jean Gopie

Japan

• Yogendra Puranik

Kenya

• Sunjeev Kour Birdi – Member of Parliament
• Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee – merchant, politician and philanthropist
• Pio Gama Pinto – journalist, politician and freedom fighter
• Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza

Malaysia

• Tun Mahathir Mohamed – former Prime Minister of Malaysia
• V. David – politician
• K. L. Devaser – fourth president of the Malaysian Indian Congress
• P. Kamalanathan – Member of Parliament Hulu Selangor and Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Malaysia; Central Working Committee Member of the Malaysian Indian Congress; founding member of PUTERA MIC
• Datuk M. Kayveas – president of PPP and deputy minister in the Malaysian cabinet
• Devaki Krishnan – first Malaysian Indian woman to become a municipal councillor
• Tan Sri Devaki Krishnan – former politician
• Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam – sixth president of the Malaysian Indian Congress and former Minister of Communication in the Malaysian cabinet
• M. Manoharan – former member of the Selangor state legislative assembly; known for his involvement with HINDRAF
• K. S. Nijhar – Member of Parliament
• Datuk G. Palanivel – Deputy Minister of Women and Family Development and deputy president of Malaysian Indian Congress
• Tan Sri M. G. Pandithan – founding President of the Indian Progressive Front (IPF)
• K. Parthiban – state assemblyman for Ijok (2007–2008)
• Datuk K. Pathmanaban – politician and former Deputy Minister of Labour and founder of Melaka Manipal Medical College
• Sivarasa Rasiah – human rights lawyer and vice-president of the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (People's Justice Party)
• Tun V. T. Sambanthan – one of the founding fathers of independent Malaya and Founder of National Land Finance Co-op.(NLFCS).
• D. R. Seenivasagam – founder of PPP and politician
• Kula Segaran – MP for Ipoh Barat and DAP National Vice Chairman
• Karpal Singh – chairman of opposition Democratic Action Party and member of parliament
• Datuk K. Sivalingam – former member of the state executive council of Selangor
• John Thivy – freedom fighter and founding president of the Malayan Indian Congress
• E. E. C. Thuraisingham – politician of pre-Independence Malaysia
• Tan Sri G. Vadiveloo – former Speaker of the Senate
• Datuk Seri Samy Vellu – Works Minister in the Malaysian cabinet and president of the Malaysian Indian Congress

Mauritius

• Sookdeo Bissoondoyal – politician and one of the three founding fathers of independent Mauritius
• Dayendranath Burrenchobay – former Governor-General of Mauritius
• Jaya Krishna Cuttaree – diplomat
• Madun Dulloo – diplomat
• Anerood Jugnauth – former prime minister
• Pravind Jugnauth – current prime minister
• Dev Manraj – former Financial Secretary
• Abdool Razack Mohamed – one of the three founding fathers of independent Mauritius
• Kailash Purryag – former President of Mauritius
• Navin Ramgoolam – former prime minister
• Seewoosagur Ramgoolam – former prime minister and one of the three founding fathers of independent Mauritius
• Veerasamy Ringadoo – former president
• Cassam Uteem – former president
• Ameenah Gurib-Fakim – former President
• Prithvirajsing Roopun – current President

Netherlands

• Tanja Jadnanansing – Labour Party politician

New Zealand

• Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi – Member of Parliament
• Parmjeet Parmar – Member of Parliament
• Anand Satyanand – first Governor-General of New Zealand of Asian descent
• Priyanca Radhakrishnan – Member of Parliament

Portugal

• António Costa – incumbent Prime Minister of Portugal
• Alfredo Nobre da Costa- former Prime Minister of Portugal
• Narana Coissoró- Member of Parliament in Portugal
• João Leão- Finance Minister of Portugal
• Alfredo Bruto da Costa- Minister of Health and Welfare in Portugal

Singapore

• Vivian Balakrishnan – Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports; former CEO of Singapore General Hospital
• S. Dhanabalan – Chairman of Temasek Holdings and DBS Bank, former Minister of National Development, Trade and Industry and Foreign Affairs; tipped by Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as one of the four men he considered as a possible successor
• James Gomez – senior leader in the main opposition party (the Workers Party); founder of Think Centre, a political NGO
• S. Iswaran – Minister for Communications and Information, former Managing Director of Temasek Holdings
• S. Jayakumar – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Law and co-ordinating Minister for Security; former Foreign Minister and ambassador to the United Nations, and Dean of the Law School in Singapore
• J. B. Jeyaretnam – former Leader of the Opposition; former Singapore MP; first person to break the PAP monopoly in parliament in 1984; former magistrate
• Devan Nair – third President of Singapore (1981–1985), father of the modern trades union movement in Singapore
• Hri Kumar Nair – former Singapore MP
• S. R. Nathan – 6th President of Singapore
• Murali Pillai – Singapore MP
• Indranee Rajah – Minister in Prime minister's Office, Senior Counsel of Supreme Court of Singapore
• S. Rajaratnam – former Senior Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Labour and Culture; co-founder of the Peoples Action Party and Association of South East Asian Nations; author of the Singapore Pledge; one of the pioneer leaders of modern Singapore
• Balaji Sadasivan – Junior Minister
• K. Shanmugam – Minister for Home Affairs, former Senior Counsel of Supreme Court of Singapore
• Tharman Shanmugaratnam – Minister of Education and former head of Singapore's de facto central bank
• Pritam Singh – Leader of the Opposition and Singapore MP
• Halimah Yacob – current President of Singapore

Seychelles

• Wavel Ramkalawan – current President of Seychelles

South Africa

• Yusuf Dadoo – doctor and politician
• Frene Ginwala – former speaker of the National Assembly
• Pregs Govender
• Ronnie Govender
• Ahmed Kathrada – political activist
• Jody Kollapen
• Mac Maharaj – political activist and former MP
• George Naicker
• Monty Naicker
• Amma Naidoo
• Indira Naidoo
• Naransamy Roy Naidoo
• Shanti Naidoo
• Thambi Naidoo
• Xavier Naidoo
• Billy Nair
• Dullah Omar – politician
• Aziz Pahad – political activist and former MP
• Essop Pahad – political activist and former MP
• Radhakrishna Padayachi – Deputy Minister for Communication
• Ebrahim Patel – Minister of Economic Die
• Enver Surty – Deputy Minister of Basic Education
• Thillaiaadi Valliammai

Suriname

• Ashwin Adhin – Vice President (2015-2020)[1]
• Jagernath Lachmon – former Speaker of the National Assembly of Suriname
• Fred Ramdat Misier – former President of Suriname (1982–1988)
• Errol Alibux – former Prime Minister of Suriname
• Pretaap Radhakishun – former Prime Minister
• Chan Santokhi – ex-chief of police, President as of 16 July 2020.[1]
• Ram Sardjoe – former Speaker of the National Assembly and former Vice President
• Ramsewak Shankar – former President (1988–1990)

Switzerland

• Nik Gugger – adopted from Karnataka; first Indian-origin members of the Swiss parliament[2]

Tanzania

• Hasnain Dewji
• Mohammed Dewji
• Wolfgang Dourado
• Parmukh Singh Hoogan
• Amir H. Jamal
• Ismail Jussa
• Al Noor Kassum
• Shanif Mansoor
• Hasnain Murji
• Mohamed Raza
• Salim Ahmed Salim – former Prime Minister of Tanzania
• Muhammad Sanya
• Abdulkarim Shah
• Jitu Soni
• Haroun Suleiman
• Shaffin Sumar

Thailand

• Santi Thakral – former President of the Supreme Court of Thailand and former member of the Privy Council of Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

• Raziah Ahmed – former President of the Senate
• Faris Al-Rawi – Attorney General
• Linda Baboolal – former President of the Senate
• Rudranath Capildeo
• Simbhoonath Capildeo
• Carol Cuffy-Dowlat
• Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran
• George F. Fitzpatrick
• Hardeo Hardath – former MP
• Noor Mohamed Hassanali – former President
• Christine Kangaloo – President of the Senate
• Franklin Khan
• Fuad Khan
• Dhanayshar Mahabir
• Devant Maharaj
• Ramesh Maharaj
• Kenneth Ramchand
• Bhadase Sagan Maraj
• Ralph Maraj
• Wade Mark
• Roodal Moonilal
• Basdeo Panday – Trade Union leader and former Prime Minister
• Kamla Persad-Bissessar – former Prime Minister
• Mohammed Faisal Rahman
• Surujrattan Rambachan
• Anand Ramlogan
• Adrian Cola Rienzi (Krishna Deonarine Tiwari)
• Raffique Shah – Leader of the Opposition
• Cindy Devika Sharma
• Ashford Sastri Sinanan

United Kingdom

See also British Asians in politics of the United Kingdom

• Baron Bhattacharyya – Member of House of Lords
• Mancherjee Bhownagree – Conservative MP; second Indian MP in British Parliament (deceased)
• Nirj Deva – Conservative MEP
• Parmjit Dhanda – Labour MP
• Piara Khabra – Labour MP (deceased)
• Ashok Kumar – Labour MP
• Claude Moraes – Labour MEP
• Dadabhai Naoroji – Liberal MP; first Indian MP in British Parliament (deceased)
• Priti Patel – Conservative MP; Home Secretary since July 2019
• Shapurji Saklatvala – Communist MP
• Virendra Sharma – Labour MP and councillor in Ealing
• Alok Sharma – Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Marsha Singh – Labour MP
• Parmjit Singh Gill – Liberal Democrat
• Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha – first Indian member of the British House of Lords
• Rishi Sunak – Chancellor of the Exchequer, MP
• Shailesh Vara – Conservative MP
• Keith Vaz – Labour MP; longest-serving British Asian MP; former Minister for Europe and Privy Council member

United States

• Nimi McConigley – Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives was the first Indian born person and the first Indian American women to serve in any State legislature.
• Harvinder "Harry" Anand – mayor of Laurel Hollow, New York; first Indian-American mayor in New York
• Neel Kashkari – Republican politician and former Gubernatorial candidate in California
• Niraj J. Antani – Republican member of Ohio House of Representatives from Ohio's 42nd District; first Indian American Republican elected to the Ohio House
• Sam Arora – former Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Kumar P. Barve – Democratic member (and former Majority Leader) of the Maryland House of Delegates from Maryland's 17th Legislative District in Montgomery County; first Indian American to be elected to any state legislature
• Ami Bera – Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 7th congressional district – former Chief Medical Officer for Sacramento County
• Raj Peter Bhakta – entrepreneur, former The Apprentice contestant, and 2006 Republican U.S. House nominee in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
• Ravinder S. Bhalla – mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, first Sikh mayor in NJ
• Satveer Chaudhary – former state senator and representative in Minnesota
• Joy Cherian – first Asian and Indian American head of the EEOC
• Upendra Chivukula – Commissioner on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; former Democratic member and Deputy Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (first Indian-American elected to the NJ state legislature)
• Swati Dandekar – Iowa State Representative
• Bhagwan Dashairya – 2006 nominee for Governor of Michigan of the U.S. Taxpayers Party
• Manka Dhingra – Democratic member of the Washington State Senate from Washington's 45th legislative district
• Kashmir Gill – mayor of Yuba City, California; first Indian-American mayor in CA and first Sikh mayor in the US
• Vin Gopal – Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate from New Jersey's 11th Legislative District, which covers portions of Monmouth County; third Indian American elected to NJ state legislature and first Indian American NJ state senator; former Chairman of the Monmouth County Democratic Party
• Raj Goyle – former Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives from Kansas' 87th District; first Indian American elected official in that state
• Nikki Haley – former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of South Carolina; first Indian American to hold both offices and first female Governor of South Carolina
• Ash Hamirani - youngest Indian-American elected in U.S. at age 28; first Indian-American elected to the School Board in Stafford, Texas [3]
• Kamala Harris – Vice President of the United States (first Indian American and first African American woman Vice President of the U.S.); former United States Senator from the State of California (first Indian American in the U.S. Senate and first African American senator from California); former Attorney General of California and San Francisco District Attorney (first district attorney in the U.S of Indian descent)
• Satish Hiremath – mayor of Oro Valley, Arizona; second Indian-American mayor in the US
• Pramila Jayapal – Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 7th Congressional District; former member of the Washington State Senate; first Indian American woman in both offices; founder of OneAmerica, a pro-immigration advocacy group
• Piyush "Bobby" Jindal – former Republican Governor of Louisiana (first Indian American governor in US history); former member of U.S. House of Representatives; former U.S. presidential candidate
• Rohit "Ro" Khanna – Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 17th Congressional District, former Deputy Assistant at the U.S. Department of Commerce
• Kris Kolluri – New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation
• Raja Krishnamoorthi – Democratic Member of the U.S House of Representatives from Illinois' 8th Congressional District
• Aruna Miller – member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Raj Mukherji – Majority Whip and Democratic member of the New Jersey General Assembly from New Jersey's 33rd Legislative District covering portions of Hudson County (second Indian American elected to NJ state legislature); former Deputy Mayor of Jersey City, NJ; former Commissioner and Chairman of the Jersey City Housing Authority (then the youngest to serve in that position)
• Ajit Pai – Chairman of the FCC and first Indian American to hold that position
• Rachel Paulose – first woman to become a U.S. Attorney in Minnesota; US Attorney for the District of Minnesota
• Sanjay Puri – Chairman of USINPAC and USIBA
• Kesha Ram – four-term member of the Vermont House of Representatives; candidate for Lieutenant Governor
• Harpreet Singh Sandhu – former Richmond City Council member
• Reshma Saujani – first Indian woman to run for Congress
• Amish Shah – member of the Arizona House of Representatives
• Balvir Singh – on the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders, New Jersey; first Asian-American to win a countywide election in Burlington County; first Sikh-American to win a countywide election in NJ[4]
• Dalip Singh Saund – first Indian-American congressman; Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
• Kshama Sawant – Seattle City Council member; first socialist to win a city-wide election in Seattle since the radical progressive Anna Louise Strong was elected to the school board in 1916
• Kevin Thomas – first Indian-American member of the New York State Senate
• Seema Verma – first Indian-American female administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Sara Gideon - Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
• Suhas Subramanyam - first Indian-American elected to the Virginia General Assembly and former Obama Administration White House official

See also

• List of heads of state and government of Indian origin
• List of foreign politicians of Chinese origin

References

1. "Live blog: Verkiezing president en vicepresident Suriname". De Ware Tijd (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
2. Man adopted from Karnataka becomes first Indian-origin MP in Switzerland, Hindustan Times, 18 Jan 2018.
3. http://staffordmsd.ss8.sharpschool.com/a_b_o_u_t_u_s/board_of_trustees/ash_hamirani
4. Hefler, Jan. "Race-baiting ads backfired, says Sikh who broke barriers in South Jersey freeholder race", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 8, 2017. Accessed December 2, 2017.