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Harjit Sajjan

Harjit Singh Sajjan PC OMM MSM CD MP (born September 6, 1970)[1] is a Canadian Liberal politician. He was the Canadian Minister of National Defence. Sajjan is also a Member of Parliament representing the Vancouver South riding. He was a decorated lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces.[2] Before becoming a politician he spent 11 years as a police officer and detective.[3]

As a teenager, Sajjan was baptised as a Sikh.[4]

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  1. ↑ Laurent Lagneau (November 7, 2015). "Un Sikh nommé ministre de la Défense au Canada". Zone Militaire. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Tamara Baluja (4 November 2015). "Harjit Sajjan: Meet Canada's new 'badass' defence minister". CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Agence France-Presse (7 November 2015). "Sikh warrior Harjit Sajjan will draw on combat experience in Bosnia and Afghanistan in new role as Canadian defence minister". South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Canada's New Defense Minister Made His Own Gas Mask to Work With His Sikh Beard". Foreign Policy. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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