Ralph Benmergui

Raphael "Ralph" Benmergui (born 1955) is a Canadian television and radio personality and political advisor. He is currently the executive director of strategic initiatives and partnerships at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. Previously a morning host on JAZZ.FM91, he left the station on November 26, 2010, and became the director of communications for Glen Murray, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, until June 2012.

Born to a Sephardi Jewish family in Tangier, Morocco, and raised in Toronto, Benmergui studied journalism at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, where he was news director and program producer at the university's radio station. The CBC offered Benmergui a research job in Winnipeg. From there, he went on to produce current affairs documentaries and was named host of Night Lines, a late-night music show on CBC Stereo.

Back in Toronto, Benmergui hosted Prime Time, a nightly one-hour entertainment program on CBC Radio. He later moved on to co-host CBC Television's Midday with Valerie Pringle, and also later hosted the variety show Friday Night! with Ralph Benmergui and the talk show Benmergui Live.

He has won a prestigious Japan Prize for Best International Youth Programming, a Yorkton Film Festival prize for Best Youth Programming, and has been the recipient of five Gemini Award nominations.

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