Amarjeet Sohi
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The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi ਅਮਰਜੀਤ ਸੋਹੀ PC MP |
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| Minister of Infrastructure and Communities | |
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Assumed office November 4, 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | portfolio established |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Lake |
| Edmonton City Councillor | |
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In office October 26, 2010 – November 2, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ward created |
| Succeeded by | Mohinder Banga |
| Constituency | Ward 12 |
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In office October 23, 2007 – October 26, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Terry Cavanagh |
| Succeeded by | Ward abolished |
| Constituency | Ward 6 |
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March 8, 1964 Banbhaura, Malerkotla Tehsil, Sangrur District, Punjab, India |
| Spouse(s) | Sarbjeet Sohi |
| Children | Navseerat Sohi |
| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Religion | Sikhism |
Amarjeet Sohi (Punjabi: ਅਮਰਜੀਤ ਸੋਹੀ) PC MP (born March 8, 1964) is an Indian-Canadian politician, currently the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods and the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities in the federal Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau.
He was previously a member of the Edmonton City Council representing Ward 12, gaining his seat in the 2007 city of Edmonton election after finishing 4th place in the previous election, narrowly beating out strong community advocate Chinwe Okelu following the retirement of Terry Cavanagh.
Sohi was born in 1964 in the farming community of Banbhaura, Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Sponsored by an elder brother, he emigrated to Edmonton in 1981. Initially speaking almost no English, Sohi took ESL classes and enrolled at Bonnie Doon High School in Edmonton. He joined a local Punjabi literary society and became an actor and playwright in a Punjabi theatre group.
By the early 1980s, the Khalistan movement, led by Sikhs demanding a homeland for themselves within India, had become very active, attracting support from many of the Sikh diaspora in Canada. The movement soon developed into the Punjab insurgency, which polarised the Sikh community in Canada between fundamentalist Khalistani separatists and moderates. The extremism of the Khalistan supporters further increased following the Indian Army's 1984 assault on the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, which resulted in the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards that October; this was followed by the bombing of Air India Flight 182 over the Atlantic Ocean in 1985, which killed all on board.
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