ANNEXURE TO RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 367 FOR REPLY ON 25.02.2010

 

List of Persons of Indian Origin who are Members of Parliament/Legislative Assemblies/Councils of Foreign Countries

 

Sl. No.

Country

Number of

MPs/MLAs of Indian origin

 

Names of MPs / MLAs/Councillors of Indian origin

1.

Afghanistan

01

Mr. Avtar Singh, MP

2.

Canada

31

 

MPs:

01. Mr. Kash Heed,   Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Government of British Columbia

02. Mr. Deepak Obhrai, MP & Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

03. Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh                       

04. Mrs. Nina Grewal                      

05. Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal                  

06. Mr. Tim Uppal                           

07. Mr. Devinder Shory                   

08. Mrs. Hedy Fry                            

09. Mr. Keith Martin                         

10. Mr. Vim Kochar                          Senator

11. Mr. Gurbax Singh Malhi             

12. Ms. Ruby Dhalla                          

13. Mr. Navdeep Singh Bains            

 

MLAs:

14. Mr. Harinder Thakar                     

15. Dr. Kuldip Kular                            

16. Mr. Vic Dhillon                              

17. Ms. Amrit Mangat                         

18. Mr. Dave S. Hayer                        

19. Mr. Harry Bains                            

20. Mr. Jagrup Brar                            

21. Mr. Raj Chauhan                          

22. Mr. Naresh Bhardwaj                   

23. Mr. Peter Sandhu                         

24. Mr. Manmeet Bhullar                    

25. Mr. Raj Sherman                          

26. Mr. Darshan Kang

 

COUNCILLORS:                              

27. Mr. Sav Dhaliwal                          

28. Mr. Tom Gill                                  

29. Mr. Surinderpal Singh Rathor       Deputy Mayor

30. Mr. Moe Gill                                  

31. Ms. Barinder Rasode                   

 

PIOs, who have attained higher positions than MPs / MLAs/ Councillors

 

1. Mr. Moe Sihota: Cabinet Minister in 1991-96 and 1996-01.

2. Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh: Premier (Chief Minister) of BC.

3. Mr. Herb Dhaliwal:, Minister for Ocean and Fisheries in 1996 .

4. Mr. Wally Oppal: In 2001 Attorney General ( Justice Minister) and Minister for Multiculturalism.

5. Dr. Gulzar Singh Cheema: Cabinet Minister from 2001 to 2004.

 

3.

Fiji

02

MPs:

1. Dr. Neil Sharma, Minister for Health

2. Mr. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Electoral Reform Public

                                                Enterprise and Anti-Corruption, Industry, Tourism, Trade & Communication

 

4.

Finland

01

1. Mr. Ranvir Sodhi,                   Member of Vaanta City Council

 

5.

France

01

1. Mr. Jean-Paul Virapoulle,       French Senate from Reunion Island

 

6.

Germany

04

MPs:

1. Mr. Sebastian Edathy         

2. Mr. Joseph Winkler             

3. Mr. Raju Sharma                

 

COUNCILLOR:

4. Mr. Ravidra Gujjula          Chairman of the City Council

 

7.

Grenada

02

MPs:

1.  Mr. Tilman Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada,

2.  Mr. Peter David, Minister of Foreign Affairs

 

 

8.

Guyana

30

 

MPs:

1. Hari N. Ramkarran, Speaker of the National Assembly

2. Shaik K. Z Baksh, Minister of Education

3. Dr. Leslie S. Ramsammy, Minister of Health

4. Dr. Ashni K. Singh, Minister of Finance

5. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Minister of Housing and Water

6. Robert M. Persaud, Minister of Agriculture

7. Kellawan Lall, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development

8. Charles R. Ramson, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs

9. Dr. Frank C.S. Anthony, Minister of Culture Youth and Sport

10. Manzoor Nadir, Minister of Labour

11. Priya D. Manickchand, Minister of Human Services and Social Security

12. Dr. Bheri S. Ramsaran,  Minister in the Ministry of Health

13. Manniram Prashad, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce

14. Mr. Donald R. Ramotar, General Secretary PPP/Civic

15. Mr. Harripersaud Nokta

16. Mrs. Indranie Chandarpal, Chief Whip

17. Ms Bibi S. Shadick

18. Mr. Komal Chand

19. Mr. Mohamed F. Khan

20. Mr. Moses V. Nagamootoo

21. Mr. Mohabir A. Nandlall

22. Mr. Nandkumar

23. Mr. Parmanad P. Persaud

24. Mrs. Philomena Sahoye-Shury, Parliamentary Secretary

25. Mr. Dharamkumar Seeraj

26. Dr. Vishwa Deva Budhram Mahadeo

27. Mr. Llyod Pereira

28. Ms Amna Ally

29. Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, Chairman, Alliance for Change

30. Mrs. Latchmin Punalall

 

9.

Indonesia

02

1. Mr. Muhammed Nazaruddin     Member of Parliament

2. Mr. Muhamad Nasir                  Member of Parliament

 

1. Mr. Samsul Arifin                      Governor of North Sumatra

 

10.

Ireland

01

1. Mr. Leo Varadkar,                     Member of Parliament

11.

Malaysia

43

MPs :

 

1. Mr. A. Kohilan Pillay a/l G.  Appu, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

2. Mr.  Chandrasekar Suppiah,

3. Mr. Daljit Singh Dalliwal

4. Ms. Loga Chitra

5. Dr. Malasingam a/l Muthukumaru

6. Mr. Murugiah a/l Thopasamy

7. Mr. Ramakrishnan a/l Suppiah

8. Ms. Usha Nandhini

9.  Mr. Charles Anthony a/l R. Santiago

10. Mr. Devamany a/l S. Krishnasamy, Deputy Minister in PM’s Development

11. Mr. Gobalakrishnan a/l Nagapan

12. Mr. Gobind Singh Deo

13. Mr. Karpal Singh a/l Ram Singh

14. Mr. M. Kulasegaran

15. Mr. M. Saravanan, Deputy Minister of Federal Territories

16. Mr. Manikavasagam a/l Sundaram

17. Mr. Manogaran a/l Marimuthu

18. Prof. Dr. P. Ramasamy, Deputy Chief Minister of Penang State

19. Dr. S. Subramaniam, Minister of Human Resources

20. Mr. Sivarasa a/l K. Rasiah

21. Dr. Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj

 

MLAs:

 

1.  Mr. Manikumar Subramanian

2.  Mr. P. Ramasamy

3.  Mr. Jagdeep Singh Deo

4.  Mr. Sanisvara Nethaji Rayer Rajaji

5.  Mr. S. Raveenthran

6.  Mr. A. Sivasubramaniam

7.  Mr. V. Sivakumar

8.  Mr. Keshvinder Singh

9.  Mr. Kesavan Subramaniam

10. Mr. Sivanesan Achalingam

11. Mr. Davendran Murthy

12. Mr. Muthiah Maria Pillay

13. Mr. Subahan Kamal

14. Mr. Manoharan Malayalam

15. Mr. Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam, Exco Member (Equivalent to Cabinet Minister Rank)

16. Mr. V.S. Mogan

17. Mr. M.K. Arumugam

18. Mr. P. Gunasekaran

19. Mr. Ravi Munusamy

20. Mr. Veerapan Superamaniam

21. Mr. R. Perumal

22. Mr. R. Ganesan, Speaker, Perak sate Assembly

12.

Mauritius

52

MPs:

  1. Babajee Krishna (Dr)
  2. Bachoo Anil Kumar
  3. Bappoo Sheilabai (Mrs)
  4. Beebeejaun Ahmed Rashid (Dr)
  5. Bhagwan Rajesh Anand
  6. Bodha Nandcoomar
  7. Boodhoo Dhanraj
  8. Boolell Arvin (Dr)
  9. Bundhoo Lormus
  10.  Bunwaree Vasant Kumar (Dr)
  11.  Cuttaree Jaya Krishna,
  12.  Dayal Surendra
  13. Deerpalsing Kumaree Rajeshree (Ms)
  14.  Dookun-Luchoomun Leela Devi (Mrs)
  15.  Dowarkasing Mokshanand
  16.  Dulloo Madan Murlidhar
  17. Dulull Mohammed Asraf Ally
  18. Faugoo Satya Veyash
  19. Ganoo Alan
  20. Gokhool Dharambeer
  21.  Gowressoo Mahendra
  22.  Gunness Govindranath
  23. Guttee Rohit Narainsing
  24.  Hanoomanjee Mrs Santi Baď
  25.  Hawoldar Rihun Raj
  26.  Hookoom Balkissoon (Dr
  27.  Husnoo Mohammad Anwar (Dr)
  28.  Issack Ahmed Reza Goolam
  29.  Jeetah Rajeshwar (Dr)
  30.  Mrs Jeewa-Daureeawoo Fazila
  31.  Jhugroo Purmanund
  32.  Juggoo Bedwantee
  33.  Jugnauth Pravind Kumar
  34.  Kasenally Abu Twalib (Dr)
  35.  Lauthan Samioullah, MSK
  36.  Mardemootoo Valaydon
  37.  Mohamed Razack Shakeel Ahmed Yousuf Abdul
  38.  Moutia Sutyadeo
  39.  Mungur Rajendrakumar
  40.  Naidu Kulasagara Subrayalu
  41.  Peetumber Maneswar
  42.  Ramgoolam Navinchandra Dr.
  43.  Ramloll Parmessur (Dr)
  44.  Ritoo Satyaprakash
  45.  Rucktooa Dharmajaye
  46.  Sayed-Hossen Sayyad Abd-Al-Cader
  47.  Seebun Indranee (Mrs)
  48.  Sinatambou Marie Joseph Noel-Etienne Ghislain
  49.  Sithanen Rama Krishna
  50.  Soodhun Showkutally
  51.  Valayden Jayarama
  52.  Varma Yatindra Nath

 

1. Mr. Angidi Chettiar, The Vice President, is Indian born.

2. Sir Anerood Jugnauth, President

3. Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Miinister

 

13.

Mozambique

01

1. Mr. Safi Abdul Rehman, M.P

 

14.

Netherlands

02

1. Mr. Rabin Baldewsingh, Vice Mayor

2. Drs. Naushad Boehdoe, Wethouder (Alderman)

15.

New Zealand

02

MPs:

1. Mr. Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi

2. Dr. Rajen Prasad

 

 

1. Sir Anand Satyanand, Governor General of New Zealand

16.

Philippine

01

1. Amado S. Bagatsing, M.P

17.

Seychelles

03

MPs:

1. Mr. Ramkalawan Wavel

2. Mr. Nicholas Prea

3. Mr. Mark Naiken

18.

Singapore

10

MPs:

1. Mr. Balaji Sadasivan, Sr. Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs

2. Mr. Hri Kumar Nair

3. Mr. Inderjit Singh

4. Miss Indranee Rajah, Deputy Speaker

5. Mr. S. Ishwaran, Minister of State, M/o Trade & Industry & Education

6. Prof. S Jayakumar, Sr. Minister of Coordinating Minister for National Security

7. Mr. K. Shanmugam, Minister of Law & Second Minister for Home  Affairs

8. Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance

9. Mr. Viswa sadasivan,

10. Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth & Sports

19.

South Africa

32

MPs:

1. Ebrahim Ismail Ibrahim

2. Fatima Hajaig

3. Mohamed Enver Surty

4. Roy Padayachie

5. Yunus Ismail Carrim

6. Ismail Vadi,

7. Sivapragas Marimuthu Pillay

8. Abram Salamuddi

9. Ebrahim Mohd Sulliman

10. Fatima Ismail Chohan

11. Narend Singh

12. Santosh Vinita Kalyan

13. Roy Bhoola

14. Mohammed Haniff Hoosen

 

MLAs:

1. Magesvari Govender

2. Ravigasen Ranganathan Pillay

3. Ramarak Maharaj

4. Rampathie Naidoo

5. Omie Singh

6. Usha Roopnarain

7. SV Naicker

8. Ganesan George Mari

9. Aminchand Rajbansi

10. Shameen Rajbansi

11. Goolam Hoosain Akharwaray

12. Cachalia Saa’d

13. Shahid Esau

14. Firoz Cachalia

15. Sa’ad Cachalia

16. Ismail Obaray

 

Councillors:

1. Yusuf Bhamjeeis, Mayor of UmGungunlovu Municipality

2. Logie Naidoo, Deputy Mayor of Thekwini Municipality.

 

PIOs, who have attained higher positions than MPs / MLAs/ Councillors

 

Mr. Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, Minister for Finance

 

20.

Sri Lanka

23

MPs:

1. Sh. Arumugam Thondaman, Cabinet Minister

2. Sh. Sangaralingam Sellasamy, Deputy Minister

3. Sh. Muttu Sivalingam, Deputy Minister

4. Sh. Suresh Vadivel,  Deputy Minister

5. Sh. P. Radhakrishnan,  Deputy Minister

6. Sh. Vadivel Puttirasigamani,  Deputy Minister  

7. Sh. Mano Ganeshan

8. Sh. V. Arulsamy

 

MLAs

1. Sh. S. Sadasivam

2. Sh. Digambaram

3. Sh. Udaya Kumar

4. Sh. K. Kanagaraj

5. Sh. Ram

6. Sh. Ramesh

7. Sh. S. Ponniah

8. Sh. Prakash Ganesan

9. Sh. Arvinda Kumar

10. Sh. Senthil Thondaman , Council Minister

11. Sh. Velayudham

12. Sh. Prabha Ganesan

13. Sh. Ram

14. Sh. Rajendran

15. Sh. V. Radhakrishanan, Council Minister

 

21.

Suriname

23

MPs:

1. Mr. Adiel K. Kallan

2. Mr. Radjkoemar Randjiet Singh

3. Mr. Jules R. Ajodhia

4. Mr. Mahinderpersad Rathipal

5. Mrs. Sharmila G.R. Mangal Mansaram

6. Mr. Mahinderkoemar Jogi

7. Mr. Kaulessar Matai

8. Mr. Chanderdath Tilakdharie

9. Ms. Socila Angoelal

10. Mr. Kenneth M. H. Moenne

11. Mr. Rabindre T. Parmessar

12. Mr. Mohamed R. Doekhie

13. Mr. Wedprekash Joeloemsingh

14. Mr. Sidperkaas Malhoe

15. Mr. Charles Pahlad

16. Ms. Harriet S. Ramdien

17. Mr. Theodorus L.J. Vishnudatt

18. Mr. Soedeshchand Jairam Msc

19. Mr. Ramon J. Sital

20. Mr. R. Sardjoe, Vice President of the Republic of Suriname

21. Mr. Kermechand Stanley Raghoebarsingh, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock Farming & Fishery  

22. Mr. M.S. Hassankhan, Minister of External Affairs

23. Mr. G. Kandhai, Minister of Public Works

22.

Switzerland

01

1. Ms. Von Sury-Thomas Susan

23.

Trinidad &

Tobago

23

1. Mr. Bary Sinanan, Speak of the House

2. Dr. Lenny Saith, Minister in PMO

3. Ms. Christine Kangaloo, Minister of Science, Technology & Tertiary Education

4. Mr. Kennedy Swarathsingh, Minister of Public Administration

5. Mr. Neil Persanlal, Minister of Information

6. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Minister of Pubblic Utilities

7. Ms. Paula Gopee Scoon, Minister of Foreign Affairs

8. Mr. Jerry Narace, Minister of Health

9. Ms. Indra Ojah Maraj, PNM MP

10. Mr. Roger Joseph, Junior Works Minister

11. Mr. Basdeo Panday, UNC MP and leader of apposition

12. Ms. Kamla Persad Bissessar, MP and UNC political leader

13. Mr. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, UNC MP

14. Ms. Mickela Panday, UNC MP

15. Mr. Subash Panday, UNC MP

16. Mr. Hamza Rafeeq, UNC MP

17. Mr. Tim Gopeesingh, UNC MP

18. Mr. Kelvin Ramnath, UNC MP

19. Mr. Harry Pertap, UNC MP

20. Mr. Chandresh Sharma, UNC MP

21. Mr. Nizam Baksh, UNC MP

22. Mr. Roodal MOonila, UNC MP

23. Mr. Vasant Barath, UNC  MP

 

24.

UK

26

MPs:

1. Mr. Parmjit Dhanda

2. Dr Ashok Kumar

3. Mr Keith Vaz

4. Mr Virendra Sharma

5. Mr Marsha Singh

6. Mr Shailesh Vara

7. Lord Raj Kumar Bagri CBE

8. Lord Amirali Alibhai Bhatia

9. Lord Naren Babubhai Patel

10.Lord Khalid Hameed

11.Lord Kamlesh Patel

12. Lord Karan Bilimoria

13. Baroness Usha Prashar

14. Lord Pratap Chidamber Chitnis

15. Lord Diljit Singh Rana

16. Lord Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai

17. Lord Tarsem King

18. Lord Swraj Paul

19.Lord Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya

20. Lord Bhikhu Parek

21. Lord Adam Hafejee Patel

22. Baroness Vadera

23.Baroness Shreela Flather

24. Baroness Sandip Verma

25. Lord Mohamed Sheikh

26. Lord Navnit Dholakia

 

Lord Swraj Paul is a Privy Councillor and was Deputy Speaker in the House of Lord from December 2008 to October 2009

25.

USA

07

MLAs/MLCs:

1. Mr. Upendra J. Chivukula

2. Mr. Jay Goyal

3. Mr. Raj Goyle

4. Mr. Ken Mathew

5. Mr. Thomas Abraham

6. Ms. Swati Dandekar

7. Mr Satveer Chaudhary