Former Wentworth Liberal MP Dave Sharma, the first Indian-origin lawmaker in Australia바카라s Parliament, is returning to parliament after having secured victory in the New South Wales Liberal Senate race.
Sharma, 47, is set to take on a pivotal role in the Australian Senate, replacing the retired ex-foreign minister Marise Payne. His success is seen as a win for the moderates within the Liberal party, especially following their setbacks in the 2022 election where they lost inner-city seats to teal independents.
Expressing gratitude to party members, Sharma said, 바카라I would like to thank the party members for the opportunity to hold the Albanese government to account in the Senate over its many missteps and wrong decisions, and to fight for the many households across New South Wales (NSW) struggling to deal with Labor바카라s cost-of-living crisis.바카라
바카라The opportunity to serve in the Senate will allow me to fight for our nation바카라s national security interests in a time of greater global turmoil,바카라 he was quoted as saying in the report by Australian Associated Press.
Sharma, known for his past roles as head of the International Division of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2010바카라2012) and as Ambassador to Israel (2013바카라2017), was born in Vancouver, Canada, in 1975. His father, of Trinidadian-Indian heritage, and his Sydney-born mother moved the family to Turramurra in Sydney in 1979.
Sharma's win aligns with the rising influence of individuals of Indian origin in leadership positions globally. The 2021 Indiaspora Government Leaders List released by a US-based organisation working among the Indian diaspora stated that more than 200 Indian-origin people occupy leadership positions in as many as 15 countries 바카라 over 60 of them hold Cabinet positions. A lot of countries are currently being led by people who can trace their ancestry to India including Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of UK and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore. In the US alone, a total of 112 people of Indian origin are at top positions in the administration, including Neera Tanden who is a senior adviser to President Joe Biden.
