Ujjal Dosanjh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ujjal Dosanjh

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1947

Place of Birth: Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Ujjal Dosanjh

  • Ujjal Dev Singh Dosanjh, (Punjabi: ???? ??? ???? ??????) () , (born September 9, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer and politician.
  • He served as 33rd Premier of British Columbia from 2000 to 2001 and as a Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011, including a period as Minister of Health from 2004 until 2006, when the party lost government.
  • As a member of the Official Opposition from January 2006 until 2011, Dosanjh was variously the critic of National Defence, Public Safety, and Foreign Affairs, and sat on the Standing Committee on National Defence, the Committee on Public Safety and National Security, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, the Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan and the Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
  • Dosanjh was one of four Visible Minorities to serve in Paul Martin's Ministry. Prior to being involved in federal politics, he spent ten years in provincial politics.
  • He was elected in the Vancouver-Kensington riding in 1991 as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) and re-elected there in 1996.
  • He served as the Attorney General of British Columbia from August 1995 to February 2000.
  • When the leader of his party resigned in 1999, Dosanjh put himself forward as a candidate and won the leadership vote.
  • With the win he became Canada's first Indo-Canadian provincial leader.
  • He served as the 33rd Premier of British Columbia until June 2001 when he lost the province's general election.
  • He was the last NDP premier of the province until John Horgan was elevated to the position in 2017. Born in a village in the Jalandhar district of Punjab, India, Dosanjh emigrated to the United Kingdom at the age of 17 before moving to Canada almost four years later.
  • He worked numerous manual labour jobs and attended university, studying political science.
  • He earned his law degree at the University of British Columbia and opened his own law firm.
  • He has been a vocal opponent of violence and extremism.

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