Arif Virani |
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Virani in 2024 |
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In office
July 26, 2023 – March 14, 2025 |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
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| Preceded by | David Lametti |
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| Succeeded by | Gary Anandasangaree |
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In office
August 31, 2018 – July 26, 2023 |
| Minister | Jody Wilson-Raybould
David Lametti |
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| Preceded by | Marco Mendicino |
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In office
January 28, 2017 – August 30, 2018 |
| Minister | Mélanie Joly |
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| Preceded by | Vacant |
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| Succeeded by | Gary Anandasangaree |
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In office
December 2, 2015 – January 27, 2017 |
| Minister | John McCallum |
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| Preceded by | Costas Menegakis |
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| Succeeded by | Serge Cormier |
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In office
October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025 |
| Preceded by | Peggy Nash |
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| Succeeded by | Karim Bardeesy |
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| Born | (1971-11-23) November 23, 1971
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| Party | Liberal |
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| Spouse | Suchita Jain |
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| Alma mater | McGill University (BA)
University of Toronto Faculty of Law (LLB) |
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| Profession | Lawyer |
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Arif Virani (born November 23, 1971) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the minister of justice and attorney general of Canada from 2023 to 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Virani represented Parkdale—High Park in the House of Commons from 2015 to 2025.
Prior to his appointment as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, he held a number of parliamentary secretary portfolios, including to the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship from 2015 to 2017, and to the minister of Canadian heritage (multiculturalism) from 2017 to 2018, to the minister of justice and attorney general from 2018 to 2021, and to the minister of international trade, export promotion, small business and economic development from 2021 to 2023. On February 10, 2025, Virani announced he would not be running for re-election during the 2025 Canadian federal election.