Yasir Naqvi
Yasir Naqvi | |
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Naqvi in 2021 | |
| Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre | |
| Assumed office 20 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Catherine McKenna |
| 39th Attorney General of Ontario | |
| In office 13 June 2016 – 29 June 2018 | |
| Premier | Kathleen Wynne |
| Preceded by | Madeleine Meilleur |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Mulroney |
| Member of the Provincial Parliament for Ottawa Centre | |
| In office 10 October 2007 – 6 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Patten |
| Succeeded by | Joel Harden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yasir Abbas Naqvi 25 January 1973 Karachi, Pakistan |
| Party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations | Ontario Liberal |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | McMaster University (BA, BSc), University of Ottawa (LLB), Carleton University (MA), Rotman School of Management |
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Yasir Abbas Naqvi ECO MPP (born 25 January 1973) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Ottawa Centre since the 2021 federal election, sitting as a Liberal. Prior to his election to the House of Commons of Canada, Naqvi was active in Ontario provincial politics, serving as the first visible-minority attorney general of Ontario (2016–2018), minister of community safety and correctional services (2014–2016), and minister of labour (2013–2014). He represented Ottawa Centre in the Legislative Assembly. On 3 June 2023, Naqvi announced his candidacy for the 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election. He placed third, losing to Bonnie Crombie.