Yasmin Ratansi

Infobox CanadianMP | name=Yasmin Ratansi


term_start=2004 election
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predecessor= David Collenette
birth_date= birth date and age |1951|01|04
birth_place= Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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profession=Accountant, community activist, management consultant
party=Liberal
party colour=Liberal
residence=Toronto
riding=Don Valley East
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spouse=single
religion=Ismaili|

Yasmin Ratansi (born January 4, 1951) is the Canadian MP (member of parliament), who represents the riding of Don Valley East in the Canadian House of Commons. She is a member of the Liberal Party. Ratansi is an Ismaili, and is the first Muslim woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons.

Born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, before being elected to the House, Ratansi worked as a management consultant and a certified general accountant.

Ratansi was the federal Liberal candidate for Don Valley East in 1988, and came within a narrow margin of defeating Conservative incumbent Alan Redway. She served on the party's federal campaign committee in 1992 and was treasurer of the party's Ontario wing from 1993 to 1997.During the 39th parliament, Yasmin Ratansi was elected the chair of the standing committee on the status of Women. Furthermore, she was elected vice-chair of the standing committee on laison. Prior to this she served as the Official Opposition's Critic for National Revenue. Upon the election of Stéphane Dion as the leader of the Liberal party, she was given the responsibility of becoming a member of the opposition committee, "Canada and the World"

External links

* [http://www.yasminratansi.com Official Website]
* [http://www.yasminratansi.parl.gc.ca/home.asp?lang=e Yasmin Ratansi, M.P.]
* [http://www.muslimcanadiancongress.org/20040723.html Yasmin Ratansi - Canada's First Muslim Woman MP]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=63894f25-ef7f-45a2-bac2-1a4ceb85b7ad&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]