What is Manmeet Bhullar?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = File:MLABhullar.png |imagesize = 150px | | honorific-prefix = | name = Manmeet Bhullar<br>ਮਨਮੀਤ ਭੁੱਲਰ | caption = | birth_date = March 1, 1980 |birth_name = Manmeet Singh Bhullar | birth_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada |alma_mater = [[University of Windsor]] | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2015|11|23|1980|03|01}}}} | death_place =[[Red Deer County, Alberta]], Canada | residence = Calgary | office = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] for [[Calgary-Greenway]] | term_start = March 3, 2008 | term_end = November 23, 2015 | predecessor = [[Hung Pham]] | successor = [[Prabhdeep Gill]] | party = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] | occupation = | profession=Lawyer | office1 = Minister of Human Services | term_start1 = December 13, 2013 | term_end1 = May 24, 2015 | predecessor1 = [[Dave Hancock]] | successor1= [[Irfan Sabir]] | office2 = Minister of Service Alberta | term_start2 = October 12, 2011 | term_end2 = December 13, 2013 | predecessor2 = [[Heather Klimchuk]] | successor2= [[Doug Griffiths]] }} '''Manmeet Singh Bhullar''' (March 1, 1980 &ndash; November 23, 2015) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician. He was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] who represented the constituency of [[Calgary-Greenway]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]. He served as a cabinet minister from 2011 until the defeat of the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] government in 2015. Bhullar became the first turbaned [[Sikhism|Sikh]] to hold a ministerial position after he was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Service Alberta on October 12, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/manmeet-singh-bhullar-death-anniversary_ca_5fba9a9dc5b63d1b77043d73|accessdate=August 31, 2023|title=Manmeet Singh Bhullar Left A Legacy Of Making Others Feel Like They Belong|publisher=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref> Bhullar di