Maryam Monsef
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The Honourable Maryam Monsef مریم منصف PC MP |
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| Minister of Status of Women | |
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Assumed office January 10, 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Patty Hajdu |
| Minister of Democratic Institutions | |
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In office November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Pierre Poilievre |
| Succeeded by | Karina Gould |
| President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | |
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In office November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Denis Lebel |
| Succeeded by | Karina Gould |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Peterborough—Kawartha |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dean Del Mastro |
| Personal details | |
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Maryam Monsefzadeh November 7, 1984 Mashhad, Iran |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Peterborough, Ontario |
| Alma mater | Trent University |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Maryam Monsef, PC MP (Persian: مریم منصف) (born November 7, 1984) is an Afghan Canadian politician. She was elected to represent the riding of Peterborough—Kawartha as a Liberal member the House of Commons of Canada in 2015. She is the current Minister of Status of Women in the 29th Canadian Ministry, sworn in on January 10, 2017. She was previously the Minister of Democratic Institutions and President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada until January 10, 2017.
Monsef was born at the Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad, Iran to Afghan parents who had fled during the Soviet–Afghan War, and lived with her family there in childhood, together with periods in Herat, Afghanistan in 1987–1988 and 1993–1996. Because Iran and Afghanistan (before 2000) followed the principle of jus sanguinis in their respective nationality laws, Monsef was born an Afghan citizen. Her father was killed on the Iran-Afghanistan border while travelling in 1988, although it is unknown whether he was killed by bandits or Soviet troops. Her uncle had, years earlier, vanished along with several roommates while attending the University of Kabul, in circumstances suggested to have been connected to anti-communist political activity. The family struggled in Iran because of low economic and social prospects for Afghan migrants, even though they had legal status as "involuntary migrants" (mohajerin) under Iranian rules in effect prior to 1992. In 1996, during their second return to Herat, her mother opted to move the family to Canada, and the resulting journey involved traveling through Iran, Pakistan, and Jordan.
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