Omar Alghabra
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Omar Alghabra MP |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Consular Affairs) | |
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Assumed office December 2, 2015 |
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| Minister |
Stephane Dion Chrystia Freeland |
| Preceded by | David Anderson |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mississauga Centre |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mississauga—Erindale |
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In office January 23, 2006 – October 14, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Carolyn Parrish |
| Succeeded by | Bob Dechert |
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October 24, 1969 Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Profession | Engineer |
Omar Alghabra (born October 24, 1969) is a Canadian politician. He is a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons who was elected from 2006 to 2008 and again in 2015. He represents the riding of Mississauga Centre. He is a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs specializing in consular affairs. He is a former president of the Canadian Arab Federation, and was a senior policy adviser to Justin Trudeau.
Alghabra was born in Saudi Arabia into a Syrian family working in Saudi Arabia at that time. He is currently the only Canadian politician of Syrian Canadian descent. He graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in engineering and in 2000 received his Master of Business Administration from York University.
Alghabra ran as the Liberal candidate in the 2006 federal election in the riding of Mississauga—Erindale. He defeated Conservative candidate Bob Dechert by 3,328 votes. He served as the opposition critic for Citizenship and Immigration, and later for Natural Resources. He was defeated by Dechert in the 2008 election and again in the 2011 election. During the 2011 election, the National Post stated that Alghabra promotes himself by "humour and self-deprecation to win over voters. Rather than vilify his opponents, Alghabra is establishing himself in the public mind in a positive sense, before he can be trashed by competitors." The The Globe and Mail commented that Alghabra's "combination of biographical information and self-deprecating humour stands in contrast to the aggressive attack ads currently in rotation on the federal stage."
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