Deepak Obhrai
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The Honourable Deepak Obhrai PC MP |
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| Official Opposition Critic for International Development | |
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In office November 20, 2015 – July 12, 2016 |
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| Leader | Rona Ambrose |
| Preceded by | Hélène Laverdière |
| Succeeded by | Dean Allison |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary East (1997-2015) |
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Assumed office June 2, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Alex Kindy |
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July 5, 1950 Oldeani, Tanzania |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Neena Obhrai |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Profession | Businessman |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Website | www.deepakobhrai.com |
Deepak Obhrai, PC MP (born July 5, 1950) is a Tanzania-born Canadian politician, representing the riding of Calgary Forest Lawn for the Conservative Party of Canada. He formerly served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He and Gerry Ritz are currently the longest continuously-serving Conservative MPs. He is currently running in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.
Obhrai was born on July 5, 1950 in Oldeani, Tanganyika, now Tanzania, to a Hindu family. His father died when Obhrai was six, so he was raised by his mother, who worked at a bank. Obhrai went to primary school in Moshi, a town near Mount Kilimanjaro, and went to high school in Arusha before transferring to the prestigious Daly College in Indore, India. He moved to the United Kingdom and trained as an air traffic controller. Disillusioned by discrimination he faced in Britain, he returned to Tanzania to work. In 1976, Obhrai was on duty at a nearby Tanzanian airport when the Entebbe raid took place in neighbouring Uganda.
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