Rey Pagtakhan
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The Honourable Rey D. Pagtakhan PC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Winnipeg North / Winnipeg North—St. Paul |
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In office 1988–2004 |
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| Preceded by | David Orlikow |
| Succeeded by | Judy Wasylycia-Leis |
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| Born |
January 7, 1935 Manila, Philippine Islands |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines - B.Sc., M.D., LL.D. (honoris causa) University of Manitoba - M.Sc. University of Perpetual Help - D.Sc (honoris causa) |
| Cabinet |
Minister of Western Economic Diversification (2003–2004) Minister of Veterans Affairs (2002–2003) Senior Minister for Manitoba (2002–2004) Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development) (2002–2003) Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) (2001–2002) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (1996–1998) |
Rey D. Pagtakhan, PC (born January 7, 1935) is a Canadian physician, professor and politician. He was a cabinet minister in the governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, and served as a member of parliament from 1988 until his defeat in the 2004 election.
Born at the Mary Johnston Hospital in Manila and raised in Bacoor, Cavite in the Philippines, Pagtakhan received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of the Philippines. He is a brother of the Mu Sigma Phi, the first, the largest, and the most acclaimed medical fraternity in Asia. He completed his pediatric residency and cardiology fellowship at the Washington University Medical Center/St. Louis Children's Hospital and his Master of Science from the University of Manitoba and respirology fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Winnipeg. The degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) was conferred on Pagtakhan by the University of the Philippines. In 2010, the degree of Doctor of Science (honoris causa) conferred by the University of Perpetual Help Rizal Jonelta Foundation-School of Medicine
Prior to his political career, Pagtakhan was a Full Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine. He joined the medical faculty at the University of Manitoba in 1971 as a lecturer and became a professor in 1985. He also worked as a pediatric respirologist at the Winnipeg Children's Hospital between 1971 and 1988.
In addition to the above responsibilities, Pagtakhan also served as Director of the Manitoba Cystic Fibrosis Centre, President of the Manitoba Pediatric Society, member of the Winnipeg Police Commission, the first Chair of the Board of Presidents of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council, and as National President of the United Council of Filipino Canadian Associations in Canada.
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