ANGAD Singh Dhillon has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates. He replaces Radha Krishna Panday. The appointment was announced by Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.
Dhillon most recently served as Director of Operations and Stakeholder Relations in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. As one of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s closest advisers, he supported him in re-engaging Canada’s diplomatic relationships with key bilateral partners, including India and China, by helping restore high-level channels of communication and cooperation.
He also led stakeholder coordination to secure incoming investment commitments into Canada, including the development and planning of Canada’s inaugural national Investment Summit.
He also previously served as Chief of Staff to two federal Cabinet ministers in the small business and transport portfolios. In these roles, he supported Canada’s engagements at the G7, G20, UN General Assembly, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, International Transport Forum and Conference of the Parties.
Indian media report that he belongs to Ghungrana village, Ludhiana, Punjab. His great-grandfather Gurnam Singh Ghungrana was one of the pioneer members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)in Amritsar in the early 1930s followed by his grandfather Jagjit Singh Ghungrana, who was a farm leader.
Dhillon studied International Relations at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick.
He joined the Liberal Party of Canada as a field organiser in the Peel region in 2015 and then went up the ladder, joining the Liberal Research Bureau where he worked in outreach and operations.
