Rechie Valdez
Rechie Valdez | |
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Valdez in 2024 | |
| Minister for Women and Gender Equality | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Marci Ien (Women and Gender Equality and Youth) |
| Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism) | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Gerry Ritz (Minister of State) |
| Chief Government Whip | |
| In office March 14, 2025 – May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Mona Fortier |
| Succeeded by | Mark Gerretsen |
| Minister of Small Business | |
| In office July 26, 2023 – March 14, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Mary Ng |
| Succeeded by | Position discontinued |
| Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Streetsville | |
| Assumed office September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Gagan Sikand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rechie Aileen Salazar September 17, 1980 |
| Party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of Windsor |
| Profession | Politician |
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Rechie Aileen Valdez (née Salazar, born September 17, 1980) is a Canadian politician who has been Minister for Women and Gender Equality, and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism) since 2025. She was previously Minister of Small Business from 2023 to 2025 and Chief Government Whip in 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Valdez was elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for Mississauga—Streetsville in the 2021 federal election. She is the first Filipino Canadian woman to serve as a Cabinet minister and MP.