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>Politicians with some off the most unusual CVs have been appointed to Canada’s new cabinet

>Fifteen men and 15 women are the perfect gender balance, achieved by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his newly-appointed cabinet. Women notably occupy some of the key positions. The cabinet is also ethnically-diverse – with two indigenous and three Sikh ministers. It’s young as well, with most of the cabinet members under 50.

>Speaking in front of the large crowd that had come to see the 43-year-old Liberal sworn in as the 23rd prime minister, Trudeau presented the cabinet as one “that looks like Canada,”

>In reply to a question about the gender parity of the government, Trudeau explained it happens to be “Because it’s 2015.”

>Another immigrant from India, Amarjeet Sohi, who arrived to Canada in 1981, becomes infrastructure minister. After Sohi returned to India in the late 1980s to study acting, he was arrested on terrorism charges and spent nearly two years in solitary confinement in prison

>Afghan refugee Maraym Monsef has been appointed the Minister of Democratic Institutions. She has been hailed as the first Muslim Canadian in cabinet.

>The truly diverse team is also expected to have more independence than their predecessors under the Conservative Stephen Harper government, as straight after being elected Liberal PM Trudeau said he was looking for a “government by cabinet.”

So an Afghan in charge of democratic institutions, a man arrested for terrorism in charge of infastructure, and several other amazing choices there

My favorite part is "because it's 2015"