Albina Guarnieri

The Honourable Albina Guarnieri (born June 23 1953 in Faeto , Italy) is a Canadian politician. A member of Paul Martin's Liberal government, she is Canada's 24th Minister of Veterans Affairs.

Guarnieri was first elected as Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Mississauga East (now Mississauga East—Cooksville ) in 1988 and has been re-elected in each subsequent election. A longtime Martin loyalist, she was a relatively obscure backbencher during the Chrétien era. Martin named her Associate Minister of National Defence and Minister of State for Civil Preparedness in his first cabinet. She moved to Veterans Affairs on July 20 2004.