Randeep Sarai
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Randeep Sarai | |
|---|---|
Sarai in 2025 | |
| Secretary of State for International Development | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Mélanie Joly |
| Member of Parliament for Surrey Centre | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1974 or 1975 (age 50–51)[1] Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
Randeep Singh Sarai PC MP (born April 15, 1975) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district Surrey Centre during the 2015 Canadian federal election.[2]
Sarai was born and raised in Burnaby, British Columbia to Sikh parents who had immigrated from Sarai Khas, Punjab, India. As a youth he developed a strong background in real estate development and urban planning. He attended Windsor Elementary School and after graduating from Burnaby South Secondary School in 1993, Sarai earned his bachelors of arts at the University of British Columbia with a major in political science in 1998. He then attended law school at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 2001. Sarai was called to the bar in 2002, and practiced at a local law firm in Surrey before pursuing a career in politics.