Rajan Sawhney
Rajan Sawhney | |
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Sawhney in 2023 | |
| Minister of Indigenous Relations | |
| Assumed office May 16, 2023 | |
| Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Rick Wilson |
| Minister of Advanced Education | |
| In office June 9, 2023 – May 16, 2025 | |
| Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Demetrios Nicolaides |
| Succeeded by | Myles McDougall |
| Minister of Trade, Immigration and Multiculturalism | |
| In office October 21, 2022 – June 9, 2023 | |
| Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Yaseen |
| Succeeded by | Matt Jones (Trade), Muhammad Yaseen (Immigration and Multiculturalism) |
| Minister of Transportation | |
| In office July 8, 2021 – October 21, 2022 | |
| Premier | Jason Kenney, Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Ric McIver |
| Succeeded by | Devin Dreeshen |
| Minister of Community and Social Services | |
| In office April 30, 2019 – July 8, 2021 | |
| Premier | Jason Kenney |
| Preceded by | Irfan Sabir |
| Succeeded by | Jason Luan |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-North West | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Sonya Savage |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-North East | |
| In office April 30, 2019 – May 1, 2023 | |
| Succeeded by | Gurinder Brar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 2, 1971 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Education | University of Calgary |
Rajan Sawhney ECA MLA (born May 2, 1971) is a Canadian politician and economist, who currently serves as Minister of Advanced Education and MLA for Calgary North-West. She was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-North West in the 30th Alberta Legislature as a member of the United Conservative Party. On April 30, 2019, she was appointed to be the Minister of Community & Social Services in the Executive Council of Alberta. On July 8, 2021, she was shuffled into the Minister of Transportation.
On June 13, 2022, Sawhney resigned as the transportation minister and announced her candidacy in the 2022 United Conservative Party leadership election. She came sixth in the election. Sawhney was nominated by the UCP to run for the 2023 provincial election for the riding of Calgary-North West. She won re-election over Michael Lisboa-Smith of the NDP by 149 votes.
Following being reelected in May 2023, Sawhney was appointed as Minister of Advanced Education. On May 16, 2025, she was shuffled to Minister of Indigenous Relations.