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Ahmed Hussen

Politician

Ahmed Hussen is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ahmed Hussen · Ахмед Хусейн · أحمد حسين · احمد حسين · আহমেদ হুসেন · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Axmed Xuseen · Хусейн, Ахмед · أحمد حسين · আহমেদ হুসেন · アーメッド・フッセン · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1976				[sources]
Place of birth	Mogadishu				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Canada				[sources]
Country	Canada				[sources]
Citizenship	Canada · Somalia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	Ahmed.Hussen@parl.gc.ca				[sources]
First name	Ahmed				[sources]
Last name	Hussen				[sources]
Political association	Liberal				[sources]
Title	Hon.				[sources]
Website	ahmedhussenmp.ca · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16211070				[sources]
Position	House of Commons (member, 2015-) · Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth (2021-2023) · Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (2017-2019) · member of parliament · member of the House of Commons of Canada · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Ottawa (-2012) · York University (-2002)				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Address	York South—Weston—Etobicoke, Ontario				[sources]
Source link	www.ourcommons.ca				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Canadian lawyer, political activist and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the House of Commons of Canada	2025-04-28	-
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship	2017-01-10

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,839

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,928

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Canada Members of the House of Commons382

Current Members of the Canadian lower chamber, the House of Commons

Canada · House of Commons of Canada

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,743

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,036

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-4a5b0ae2-7b2d-4098-87d8-e9f21f48c3fc · us-cia-canada-ahmed-hussen-minister-of-international-development · ca-commons-person-89020

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