Lena Diab

The Honourable
Lena Metlege Diab
PC ECNS KC MP
The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab PC ECNS KC MP
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 13, 2025
Prime Minister	Mark Carney
Preceded by	Rachel Bendayan
Member of Parliament; for Halifax West
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; September 20, 2021
Preceded by	Geoff Regan
Nova Scotia Minister of Justice; Attorney General of Nova Scotia; Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia
	In office; October 22, 2013 – July 24, 2015
Premier	Stephen McNeil
Preceded by	Ross Landry
Succeeded by	Diana Whalen
Nova Scotia Minister of Immigration
	In office; October 22, 2013 – August 31, 2021
Premier	Stephen McNeil; Iain Rankin
Preceded by	Frank Corbett
Succeeded by	Jill Balser
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; for Halifax Armdale
	In office; October 8, 2013 – July 17, 2021
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Ali Duale
Personal details
Born	August 17, 1965; Halifax, Nova Scotia
Party	Liberal
Occupation	Lawyer

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Lena Metlege Diab (born August 17, 1965) is a Canadian politician who has served as the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Diab was elected to the House of Commons in 2021 and serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax West. She was previously a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2013 to 2021.

Diab was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. She represented Halifax Armdale and served as the provincial immigration minister as well as minister of justice, attorney general and provincial secretary. She did not run for another term in the provincial legislature in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election, opting instead to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election for the Liberal Party of Canada, in which she was elected MP for Halifax West. She was re-elected in the 2025 federal election and was appointed Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.