Amir Khadir
Amir Khadir is a Canadian politician in the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), Canada for the electoral district of Mercier, and the first male spokesperson for Québec solidaire, a sovereigntist and left-wing political party. On December 8, 2008, Khadir became the first, and at that time, only elected representative for Québec Solidaire in the general election in Quebec.
Amir was born in Tehran, Iran in 1961 and immigrated to Canada at the age of ten. He studied physics at the undergraduate level at Université de Montréal and subsequently at the graduate level at McGill University. He then studied medicine at Université Laval. A medical specialist in infectious microbiology, he practiced at the Centre Hospitalier Pierre-Le-Gardeur in Lachenaie.
Main Contributions
- One of the two most prominent members of Québec solidaire
- Won the seat in the National Assembly of Quebec and became the first Québec Solidaire candidate elected in 2008
- Member of the Coalition des Médecins pour la Justice Sociale (Coalition of Doctors for Social Justice)
