Amir Khadir
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Amir Khadir MNA |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Mercier | |
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Assumed office December 8, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Turp |
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12 June 1961 Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Québec Solidaire |
| Spouse(s) | Nima Machouf |
| Residence | Montreal |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal, McGill University, Université Laval |
| Profession | Doctor of Medicine, Microbiologist |
Amir Khadir (Persian: امیر خدیر; born June 12, 1961) is a Canadian politician in the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), Canada for the electoral district of Mercier, and the first male spokesperson for Québec Solidaire, a sovereigntist and left-wing political party which was created by the merger of the Union des Forces Progressistes and Option Citoyenne, a feminist political movement, in February 2006.
On December 8, 2008, Khadir became the first, and at that time, only elected representative for Québec Solidaire in the general election in Quebec. In 2012, Françoise David was elected in Gouin, making her the second elected representative for Québec Solidaire.
In November 2012, Khadir stepped down as co-spokesperson, to allow the party to choose a new co-spokesperson from outside of the legislature, in keeping with party statutes. "It's the logical next step. First, for a party that considers itself feminist, it would be fairly contradictory to finally have a female deputy of Françoise's quality in the National Assembly and not have her be the spokesperson," Khadir said.
He was born in Tehran, Iran in 1961 and emigrated to Canada at the age of ten. He was involved in many humanitarian organizations such as Médecins du Monde.
He studied physics at the undergraduate level at Université de Montréal and subsequently at the graduate level at McGill University. He then studied medicine at Université Laval.
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