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| office = [[Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship]]
| name = Ahmed Hussen
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| primeminister = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| image = Ahmed Hussen at the Toronto Caribbean Carnival - 2017 (36258275322) (cropped).jpg
| predecessor = [[John McCallum]]
| successor =
| caption = Hussen in 2017
| office = [[Minister of International Development (Canada)|Minister of International Development]]
| term_start = January 10, 2017
| term_start = July 26, 2023<ref name=tunney>{{cite news |last1=Tunney |first1=Catharine |title=Trudeau overhauls his cabinet, drops 7 ministers and shuffles most portfolios |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cabinet-shuffle-trudeau-1.6916367 |access-date=26 July 2023 |publisher=CBC News |date=26 July 2023}}</ref>
| term_end =
| riding1 = [[York South—Weston]]
| primeminister = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| parliament1 = Canadian
| predecessor = [[Harjit Sajjan]]
| office1 = [[Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion]]
| term_start1 = October 19, 2015
| term_end1 =
| term_start1 = October 26, 2021
| term_end1 = July 26, 2023<ref name=tunney />
| predecessor1 =[[Mike Sullivan (Canadian politician)|Mike Sullivan]]
| successor1 =
| primeminister1 = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| predecessor1 = [[Bardish Chagger]] <small>(Diversity and Inclusion)</small>
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1976}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=e321e85f-f1c1-4482-bf16-f640eb41e9f9&Language=E&Section=ContactInformation |title=HUSSEN, The Hon. Ahmed, P.C. |access-date=September 8, 2017 |publisher=[[Library of Parliament]]}}</ref>
| successor1 = [[Sean Fraser (politician)|Sean Fraser]] (Housing)<br />[[Kamal Khera]] (Diversity and Inclusion)
| birth_place = [[Mogadishu]], [[Somalia]]
| office2 = [[Minister of Families, Children and Social Development]]
| profession = Lawyer, activist
| nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
| term_start2 = November 20, 2019
| party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| term_end2 = October 26, 2021
| residence =
| primeminister2 = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| spouse = Ebyan Farah
| predecessor2 = [[Jean-Yves Duclos]]
| children = 3
| successor2 = [[Karina Gould]]
| office3 = [[Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship]]
| alma_mater = [[York University]]<br />[[University of Ottawa]]
| primeminister3 = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| predecessor3 = [[John McCallum]]
| successor3 = [[Marco Mendicino]]
| term_start3 = January 10, 2017
| term_end3 = November 20, 2019
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| parliament4 = Canadian
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| predecessor4 = [[Mike Sullivan (Canadian politician)|Mike Sullivan]]
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| birth_place = [[Mogadishu]], Somalia
| profession = Lawyer, activist
| nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
| party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| residence = [[Vaughan, Ontario]]
| spouse = Ebyan Farah
| alma_mater = [[York University]]<br />[[University of Ottawa]]
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'''Ahmed Hussen''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP}} ({{langx|so|Axmed Xuseen}}; born 1976) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been serving as the [[Minister of International Development (Canada)|Minister of International Development]] since July 26, 2023. A member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], Hussen has also sat as the [[Parliament of Canada|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[Toronto]]-area riding of [[York South—Weston (federal electoral district)|York South—Weston]] since the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]]. He previously served as the [[Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion|Minister of Housing, Diversity and Inclusion]] from 2021 to 2023, [[Minister of Families, Children and Social Development|Minister of families, children and social development]] from 2019 to 2021 and the [[Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship|minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship]] from 2017 to 2019. He is the first [[Somali Canadians|Somali-Canadian]] to be elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] and the first to hold a federal Cabinet position.
'''Ahmed Hussen''' ({{lang-so|Axmed Xuseen}}; {{lang-ar|أحمد حسين}}; born 1976) is [[Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship]] for the Government of Canada. He is also a lawyer. He was National President of the [[Canadian Somali Congress]]. As of October 2015, Hussen is an MP in the [[House of Commons of Canada|Canadian Parliament]], representing the [[York South—Weston]] riding as a member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]].


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Hussen was raised in [[Mogadishu]], Somalia, he has five older siblings and his father was a long-distance trucker. He learned to speak English there from a cousin. He and his family left Mogadishu after the [[Somali Civil War]] reached their neighbourhood. They lived for a period of time in Kenya, in a camp in [[Mombasa]] and several apartments in [[Nairobi]].<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/world/canada/ahmed-hussen-canada-immigration-minister.html|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |date=September 6, 2017 |title=In Canada, an Immigration Minister Who Himself Is a Refugee|first=Catherine |last=Porter |access-date=September 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Rpni">{{cite web|title=Community KnewZ, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1 April 2013|url=http://rpni.ca/cms-assets/documents/109155-471848.april-2013-newsletter-final-web.pdf|publisher=RPNI|accessdate=11 September 2013}}</ref>
Hussen was born and raised in [[Mogadishu]], Somalia. He has five older siblings and his father was a long-distance trucker. Hussen learned to speak English there from a cousin. He and his family left Mogadishu after the [[Somali Civil War]] reached their neighbourhood. He described his experience in the civil war: "I was 15 years old when Somalia was going through a civil war. There were chaos and violence everywhere. My parents and I decided that we had no choice but to flee. We gathered a few belongings, got on the back of a big truck with a few other families, left Somalia never to return". They lived for a period of time in Kenya, in a camp in [[Mombasa]] and several apartments in [[Nairobi]].<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/world/canada/ahmed-hussen-canada-immigration-minister.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 6, 2017 |title=In Canada, an Immigration Minister Who Himself Is a Refugee|first=Catherine |last=Porter |access-date=September 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Rpni">{{cite web|title=Community KnewZ, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1 April 2013|url=http://rpni.ca/cms-assets/documents/109155-471848.april-2013-newsletter-final-web.pdf|publisher=RPNI|access-date=September 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111221644/http://rpni.ca/cms-assets/documents/109155-471848.april-2013-newsletter-final-web.pdf|archive-date=January 11, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Two years after leaving Mogadishu, Hussen's parents bought him an airplane ticket to [[Toronto]], where two of his brothers had already moved to. He initially resided with a cousin in Hamilton, moving to Toronto a year later in 1994 and settling in [[Regent Park]] in 1996.<ref name="NYT1"/><ref name="Rpni"/>
Two years after leaving Mogadishu, Hussen moved to [[Canada]] as a refugee, when his parents bought him an airplane ticket to Toronto, where two of his brothers had already moved. He initially resided with a cousin in Hamilton, and moved to Toronto in 1994, where he settled in [[Regent Park]] in 1996.<ref name="NYT1"/><ref name="Rpni"/>


Hussen completed his secondary school years in Hamilton. Due to a Canadian government policy that delayed granting [[permanent residency]] status to emigrants from Somalia, he had to decline three running scholarships to universities in the [[United States]].<ref name="NYT1"/> Hussen eventually attended [[York University]], earning a BA in History in 2002.<ref name="Ailc">{{cite web|title=Ahmed Hussen|url=http://americanislamicleadership.org/ahmedhussen|publisher=American Islamic Leadership Coalition|accessdate=11 January 2014}}</ref> Having received a law degree from the [[University of Ottawa]], and passed the bar exam in September 2012,<ref name="Rpni"/> he specialized in the practice of immigration and criminal law.<ref name="Ofwujtityfe">{{cite news|title=Only a fool would underestimate Justin Trudeau in this year's federal election (archive.org)|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703000924/http://leadersandlegacies.com/2015/01/24/only-a-fool-would-underestimate-justin-trudeau-in-this-years-federal-election/|accessdate=5 April 2018|agency=Leaders and Legacies|date=24 January 2015}}</ref>
Hussen completed secondary school in Hamilton. Due to a Canadian government policy that delayed granting [[permanent residency]] status to emigrants from Somalia, he had to decline three athletic running scholarships to universities in the [[United States]].<ref name="NYT1"/> Hussen eventually attended [[York University]], where he earned a BA in History in 2002.<ref name="Ailc">{{cite web|title=Ahmed Hussen|url=http://americanislamicleadership.org/ahmedhussen|publisher=American Islamic Leadership Coalition|access-date=January 11, 2014|archive-date=January 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116204412/http://americanislamicleadership.org/ahmedhussen|url-status=dead}}</ref> Having received a law degree from the [[University of Ottawa]], and passed the bar exam in September 2012,<ref name="Rpni"/> he specialized in the practice of immigration and criminal law.<ref name="Ofwujtityfe">{{cite news|title=Only a fool would underestimate Justin Trudeau in this year's federal election (archive.org)|url=http://leadersandlegacies.com/2015/01/24/only-a-fool-would-underestimate-justin-trudeau-in-this-years-federal-election/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703000924/http://leadersandlegacies.com/2015/01/24/only-a-fool-would-underestimate-justin-trudeau-in-this-years-federal-election/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 3, 2015|access-date=April 5, 2018|agency=Leaders and Legacies|date=January 24, 2015}}</ref>


Hussen is married to Ebyan Farah, who is also a Somali-Canadian.<ref name="NYT1"/> They have three sons.<ref name="NYT1"/>
Hussen is married to Ebyan Farah, a fellow Somali-Canadian refugee. Together, they have three sons.<ref name="NYT1"/>


==Early career==
==Early career==
Hussen began his career in public service and politics in the fall of 2001. He started out doing volunteer work in [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]. He was hired the following year as an assistant to [[Dalton McGuinty]], the leader of the province's official opposition. Hussen worked in this capacity until November 2003, when he was promoted to Special Assistant, concurrently with the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]]'s election victory. He held this new post for two years, during which he was in charge of issues management, policy and communications.<ref name="Ailc"/>
Hussen began his career in public service and politics in the fall of 2001. He started out doing volunteer work in [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]. He was hired the following year as an assistant to [[Ontario Liberal Party|Ontario Liberal]] leader [[Dalton McGuinty]], then-[[Leader of the Official Opposition (Ontario)|leader of the province's Official Opposition]]. Hussen was promoted to special assistant, concurrent with McGuinty's [[2003 Ontario general election|2003 election]] as the [[premier of Ontario]]. He held this new post for two years, during which he was in charge of issues management, policy and communications.<ref name="Ailc"/>


Hussen later worked with the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]'s Youth Engaged in National Security Issues committee.<ref name="Rpni"/>
Hussen later worked with the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]'s Youth Engaged in National Security Issues committee.<ref name="Rpni"/>


He also founded the Regent Park Community Council. The representative body facilitated a $500 million revitalization and redevelopment project in Regent Park, the largest such initiative in the country. During the project's implementation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/ENGLISH/department/minister/index.asp|title=The Honourable Ahmed D. Hussen MP|last=|first=|date=2017-02-22|website=Government of Canada|access-date=2017-04-25}}</ref> he was tasked with consulting with and protecting the interests of the area's 15,000 residents.<ref name="Ailc"/>
He also founded the Regent Park Community Council. The representative body facilitated a $500 million revitalization and redevelopment project in [[Regent Park]], the largest such initiative in the country. During the project's implementation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/ENGLISH/department/minister/index.asp|title=The Honourable Ahmed D. Hussen MP|date=February 22, 2017|website=Government of Canada|access-date=April 25, 2017}}</ref> he was tasked with consulting with and protecting the interests of over 15,000 residents.<ref name="Ailc"/>


Hussen currently serves as the National President of the [[Canadian Somali Congress]] (CSC).<ref name="Npcsc">{{cite web|title=National President, Canadian Somali Congress|url=http://www.yatedo.com/p/Ahmed+Hussen/normal/0309556575bab017cf11b4b0d0b2911e|publisher=Yatedo|accessdate=11 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="Csc">{{cite web|title=About Us |url=http://www.canadiansomalicongress.com/html/aboutus.html |publisher=Canadian Somali Congress |accessdate=31 August 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831042425/http://canadiansomalicongress.com/html/aboutus.html |archivedate=31 August 2013 }}</ref> Under his leadership, the CSC partnered with the Canadian International Peace Project and [[Canadian Jewish Congress]] to establish the Canadian Somali-Jewish Mentorship Project. It is the first national mentoring and development project between a sizable Muslim community and the Jewish community.<ref name="Rpni"/>
Hussen currently serves as the national president of the [[Canadian Somali Congress]] (CSC).<ref name="Npcsc">{{cite web|title=National President, Canadian Somali Congress|url=http://www.yatedo.com/p/Ahmed+Hussen/normal/0309556575bab017cf11b4b0d0b2911e|publisher=Yatedo|access-date=August 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113104641/http://www.yatedo.com/p/Ahmed+Hussen/normal/0309556575bab017cf11b4b0d0b2911e|archive-date=January 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Csc">{{cite web|title=About Us |url=http://www.canadiansomalicongress.com/html/aboutus.html |publisher=Canadian Somali Congress |access-date=August 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831042425/http://canadiansomalicongress.com/html/aboutus.html |archive-date=August 31, 2013 }}</ref> Under his leadership, the CSC partnered with the Canadian International Peace Project and [[Canadian Jewish Congress]] to establish the Canadian Somali-Jewish Mentorship Project. It is the first national mentoring and development project between a sizable Muslim community and the Jewish community.<ref name="Rpni"/>


In May 2010, the Canadian Somali Congress and Canadian International Peace Project also partnered with the [[Global Enrichment Foundation]] to launch the Somali Women Scholarship Program. Hussen acts as the program's founding Director.<ref name="Cipp">{{cite web|title=Somali Women Scholarship Program|url=http://canadianinternationalpeaceproject.blogspot.ca/2010/05/news-release-cipps-mark-persaud-and.html|publisher=Canadian International Peace Project|accessdate=11 January 2014}}</ref>
In May 2010, the Canadian Somali Congress and Canadian International Peace Project also partnered with the [[Global Enrichment Foundation]] to launch the Somali Women Scholarship Program. Hussen acts as the program's founding director.<ref name="Cipp">{{cite web|title=Somali Women Scholarship Program|date=May 18, 2010 |url=http://canadianinternationalpeaceproject.blogspot.ca/2010/05/news-release-cipps-mark-persaud-and.html|publisher=Canadian International Peace Project|access-date=January 11, 2014}}</ref>


Until 2012, Hussen served as a sitting member of the [[Stephen Harper]] government's Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security. Established in 2005, the panel brought together prominent members from a number of Canada's cultural communities and government officials in order to discuss policy and program issues, and to promote dialogue and strengthen understanding between the national authorities and its electorate.<ref name="Hgrotcc">{{cite web|title=Harper Government Reaches Out to Canadian Communities|url=http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/nws/nws-rlss/2012/20120611-3-eng.aspx|publisher=Public Safety Canada|accessdate=11 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=govCanada>{{cite news|title=Harper Government Reaches Out to Canadian Communities|url=http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/1019871597/5D17150CBDFC46B0PQ/36?accountid=10226|accessdate=5 May 2015|agency=Proquest Newspapers|publisher=Public Safety Canada|date=11 June 2012}}</ref>
Until 2012, Hussen served as a sitting member of the [[Premiership of Stephen Harper|Harper government]]'s Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security. Established in 2005, the panel brought together prominent members from a number of Canada's cultural communities and government officials in order to discuss policy and program issues, and to promote dialogue and strengthen understanding between the national authorities and its electorate.<ref name="Hgrotcc">{{cite web|title=Harper Government Reaches Out to Canadian Communities|url=http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/nws/nws-rlss/2012/20120611-3-eng.aspx|publisher=Public Safety Canada|access-date=January 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name=govCanada>{{cite news|title=Harper Government Reaches Out to Canadian Communities|agency=Proquest Newspapers|publisher=Public Safety Canada|date=June 11, 2012|id={{ProQuest|1019871597}}}}</ref>


==Political career==
Before his entry into politics, Hussen practised Criminal Law, Immigration and Refugee Law, and Human Rights Law at his office in Toronto.<ref name="Rpni"/>
===Member of Parliament for York South—Weston===
In December 2014, Hussen presented himself as a candidate for a Liberal Party of Canada seat in the riding of [[York South—Weston (federal electoral district)|York South—Weston]] for the [[42nd Canadian federal election]].<ref name="Ahlnysw">{{cite web|title=Ahmed Hussen - Liberal Nomination - York South Weston|url=http://voteahmed.com/|publisher=Ahmed Hussen|access-date=December 9, 2014}}</ref> He won the nomination in a field of six aspirants.<ref name="Wwahwyln">{{cite web|title=Ahmed Hussen wins YSW Liberal nomination |url=http://www.westonweb.ca/2014/12/08/ahmed-hussen-wins-ysw-liberal-nomination/ |publisher=WestonWeb |access-date=December 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213070343/http://www.westonweb.ca/2014/12/08/ahmed-hussen-wins-ysw-liberal-nomination/ |archive-date=December 13, 2014 }}</ref> The victory makes Hussen the first Somali-Canadian elected to the House of Commons.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-s-ahmed-hussen-1st-somali-canadian-elected-to-parliament-1.3281260 cbc.ca: ""], January 10, 2017</ref>


===Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Refugees===
==Liberal Party==
On January 10, 2017, Hussen was appointed minister of immigration as part of a Cabinet shuffle by Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/chrystia-freeland-becomes-foreign-minister-as-trudeau-shuffles-cabinet-181805559.html | title=Chrystia Freeland becomes foreign minister as Trudeau shuffles cabinet | publisher=[[CBC News]] | date=January 10, 2017 | access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref> The nomination makes Hussen the first Somali-Canadian to serve in the government cabinet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-government-cabinet-shuffle-2017-1.3928723|title=Freeland promoted to Foreign Affairs, McCallum goes to China in cabinet shuffle|newspaper=CBC News|access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref>
===MP for York South—Weston===
In December 2014, Hussen presented himself as a candidate for a [[Liberal Party of Canada]] seat in the riding of [[York South—Weston]] for the [[42nd Canadian federal election]].<ref name="Ahlnysw">{{cite web|title=Ahmed Hussen - Liberal Nomination - York South Weston|url=http://voteahmed.com/|publisher=Ahmed Hussen|accessdate=9 December 2014}}</ref> He won the nomination in a field of six aspirants, which included the Green Party's John Johnson.<ref name="Wwahwyln">{{cite web|title=Ahmed Hussen wins YSW Liberal nomination |url=http://www.westonweb.ca/2014/12/08/ahmed-hussen-wins-ysw-liberal-nomination/ |publisher=WestonWeb |accessdate=9 December 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213070343/http://www.westonweb.ca/2014/12/08/ahmed-hussen-wins-ysw-liberal-nomination/ |archivedate=13 December 2014 }}</ref> The victory makes Hussen the first Somali-Canadian elected to the House of Commons.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-s-ahmed-hussen-1st-somali-canadian-elected-to-parliament-1.3281260 cbc.ca: ""], 10 Jan 2017</ref>


As immigration minister, Hussen announced on 2017 the Government of Canada will welcome nearly one million immigrants over the next three years. The number of migrants would climb to 310,000 in 2018, up from 300,000 in 2017. That number was to rise to 330,000 in 2019 then 340,000 in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/immigration-canada-2018-1.4371146|title=Canada to admit nearly 1 million immigrants over next 3 years|date=November 1, 2017|last1=Harris|first1=Kathleen|last2=Hall|first2=Chris|last3=Zimonjic|first3=Peter|work=CBC News|access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/punjabi/en/article/2017/11/10/canada-take-1-million-immigrants-2020|title=Canada to take 1 million immigrants by 2020|date=November 10, 2017|last=McCarthy|first=Preeti|work=SBS|access-date=January 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-02/canada-to-admit-980-000-new-permanent-residents-over-three-years|title=Canada to Admit Almost a Million Immigrants Over Next Three Years|date=November 2, 2017|last=Lam|first=Eric|work=Bloomberg|access-date=January 26, 2019}}</ref>
===Immigration Minister===

On 10 January 2017, Hussen was appointed Minister of Immigration as part of a cabinet shuffle by Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/chrystia-freeland-becomes-foreign-minister-as-trudeau-shuffles-cabinet-181805559.html | title=Chrystia Freeland becomes foreign minister as Trudeau shuffles cabinet | publisher=[[CBC News]] | date=10 January 2017 | accessdate=10 January 2017}}</ref> The nomination makes Hussen the first Somali-Canadian to serve in the government cabinet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-government-cabinet-shuffle-2017-1.3928723|title=Freeland promoted to Foreign Affairs, McCallum goes to China in cabinet shuffle|newspaper=CBC News|access-date=2017-01-10}}</ref>
On October 31, 2018, Hussen announced that the Government of Canada had updated its multi-year immigration levels plan, which would see the number of new immigrants in Canada rise to 350,000 by 2021. This plan was to see immigration levels rise by 40,000 more than Canada's target of 310,000 immigrants in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|author=Politics |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-to-increase-annual-immigration-admissions-to-350-000-by-2021-1.4157933 |title=Canada to increase annual immigration admissions to 350,000 by 2021 &#124; CTV News |publisher=Ctvnews.ca |date= October 31, 2018|accessdate=2022-04-05}}</ref> The planned increases were set to reflect needs in the economic class of immigration to aid with Canada's labour shortages, as well as in humanitarian streams of immigration.<ref>{{cite web|author=Please select all that apply |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/supplementary-immigration-levels-2019.html |title=Notice – Supplementary Information 2019-2021 Immigration Levels Plan |publisher=Canada.ca |date=2018-10-31 |accessdate=2022-04-05}}</ref>

In a 2018, Angus Reid Institute poll found that Hussen is one of the least popular ministers in Trudeau's cabinet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://angusreid.org/cabinet-performance-2018/|title=Federal Cabinet Ratings: A happy new year for Freeland; Hussen, Sohi face cold winter|date=December 14, 2018|publisher=Angus Reid Institute|access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46625120|title=Justin Trudeau: Three challenges facing him in 2019|date=January 3, 2019|work=BBC News|access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref>

=== Minister of Families, Children and Social Development ===
Hussen was shuffled to the families, children and social development portfolio following the 2019 federal election.

=== Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion ===
After the Liberals won the 2021 federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kept Hussen in his cabinet, moving him to the housing and diversity and inclusion file.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-14 |title=Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Mandate Letter |url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/mandate-letters/2021/12/16/minister-housing-and-diversity-and-inclusion-mandate-letter |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Prime Minister of Canada |language=en}}</ref> Hussain owns a rental property in Ottawa, which has raised suggestions of conflict of interest.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8754119/canada-budget-2022-home-prices/ | title=Roughly one-third of Liberal cabinet ministers own rental, investment real estate: Records - National &#124; Globalnews.ca }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8820821/canada-housing-minister-calls-criticism-misinformation/ | title=Housing minister accuses critics of 'misinformation' when pressed on rising home prices - National &#124; Globalnews.ca }}</ref>

In May 2022, Hussein accused critics of his record in tackling the housing crisis of "misinformation and disinformation".<ref name=":0" />

In August 2022, it was discovered that Hussen's department had given a $133,000 grant to the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC), an organization whose senior consultant has a history of anti-semitism. Fellow Liberal MP [[Anthony Housefather]] claims that he told Minister Hussen about the anti-semitic consultant before the news broke, and that Hussen and his department could have moved quicker to cut CMAC's funding.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lévesque |first=Catherine |date=2022-08-30 |title=Ottawa to conduct 'extensive review' of anti-racism funding after Laith Marouf scandal |language=en |work=National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/feds-to-conduct-extensive-review-of-anti-racism-funding-after-laith-marouf-scandal |access-date=2022-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jarvis |first=Noah |date=2022-08-24 |title=Liberal MP claims he warned Hussen of antisemitic consultant before news broke |url=https://tnc.news/2022/08/24/liberal-mp-antisemitic/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2023, it was revealed that Hussein's office gave at least $93,050 to the sister of one of his senior ministerial staffers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9424015/hussens-office-93k-pr-work-foodie-firm/ | title=Hussen's office gave $93k in PR work to senior staffer's sister's foodie firm - National &#124; Globalnews.ca }}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
Hussen has over the years received honours and recognition for his public work. In January 2004, the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' named him among the 10 individuals who have made significant contributions to Toronto in various fields, including community service, business, sports and science.<ref name="Ailc"/>
Hussen has over the years received honours and recognition for his public work. In January 2004, the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' named him among the 10 individuals who have made significant contributions to Toronto in various fields, including community service, business, sports and science.<ref name="Ailc"/> In 2017, Hussen was presented with the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards,<ref>[http://canadianimmigrant.ca/rbctop25 RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards]</ref> an award that honours the achievements of immigrants who have chosen to make Canada their home.


Hussen was also presented a Queen's Jubilee medal and the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Authority Award for his efficacious advocacy work in Regent Park.<ref name="Ailc"/>
Hussen was also presented a Queen's Gold and Diamond Jubilee medal. He also received the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Authority Award for his efficacious advocacy work in Regent Park.<ref name="Ailc"/>


==Electoral record==
==Electoral record==
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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://ahmedhussen.liberal.ca/ Official Website]
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* [https://pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet/honourable-ahmed-hussen Bio & mandate from the prime minister]
*[http://americanislamicleadership.org/ahmedhussen American Islamic Leadership Coalition - Ahmed Hussen]
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=18551}}
*[http://americanislamicleadership.org/ahmedhussen American Islamic Leadership Coalition – Ahmed Hussen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116204412/http://americanislamicleadership.org/ahmedhussen |date=January 16, 2012 }}


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Latest revision as of 13:29, 8 November 2024

This article is about the Canadian politician. For the swimmer, see Ahmed Hussein.

The Honourable
Ahmed Hussen
PC MP
Hussen in 2017
Minister of International Development
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 26, 2023[1]
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byHarjit Sajjan
Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion
In office
October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023[1]
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byBardish Chagger (Diversity and Inclusion)
Succeeded bySean Fraser (Housing)
Kamal Khera (Diversity and Inclusion)
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
In office
November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byJean-Yves Duclos
Succeeded byKarina Gould
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
In office
January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byJohn McCallum
Succeeded byMarco Mendicino
Member of Parliament
for York South—Weston
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byMike Sullivan
Personal details
Born1976 (age 47–48)[2]
Mogadishu, Somalia
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal
SpouseEbyan Farah
ResidenceVaughan, Ontario
Alma materYork University
University of Ottawa
ProfessionLawyer, activist

Ahmed Hussen PC MP (Somali: Axmed Xuseen; born 1976) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been serving as the Minister of International Development since July 26, 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, Hussen has also sat as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto-area riding of York South—Weston since the 2015 federal election. He previously served as the Minister of Housing, Diversity and Inclusion from 2021 to 2023, Minister of families, children and social development from 2019 to 2021 and the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship from 2017 to 2019. He is the first Somali-Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons and the first to hold a federal Cabinet position.

Early life and education

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Hussen was born and raised in Mogadishu, Somalia. He has five older siblings and his father was a long-distance trucker. Hussen learned to speak English there from a cousin. He and his family left Mogadishu after the Somali Civil War reached their neighbourhood. He described his experience in the civil war: "I was 15 years old when Somalia was going through a civil war. There were chaos and violence everywhere. My parents and I decided that we had no choice but to flee. We gathered a few belongings, got on the back of a big truck with a few other families, left Somalia never to return". They lived for a period of time in Kenya, in a camp in Mombasa and several apartments in Nairobi.[3][4]

Two years after leaving Mogadishu, Hussen moved to Canada as a refugee, when his parents bought him an airplane ticket to Toronto, where two of his brothers had already moved. He initially resided with a cousin in Hamilton, and moved to Toronto in 1994, where he settled in Regent Park in 1996.[3][4]

Hussen completed secondary school in Hamilton. Due to a Canadian government policy that delayed granting permanent residency status to emigrants from Somalia, he had to decline three athletic running scholarships to universities in the United States.[3] Hussen eventually attended York University, where he earned a BA in History in 2002.[5] Having received a law degree from the University of Ottawa, and passed the bar exam in September 2012,[4] he specialized in the practice of immigration and criminal law.[6]

Hussen is married to Ebyan Farah, a fellow Somali-Canadian refugee. Together, they have three sons.[3]

Early career

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Hussen began his career in public service and politics in the fall of 2001. He started out doing volunteer work in Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He was hired the following year as an assistant to Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty, then-leader of the province's Official Opposition. Hussen was promoted to special assistant, concurrent with McGuinty's 2003 election as the premier of Ontario. He held this new post for two years, during which he was in charge of issues management, policy and communications.[5]

Hussen later worked with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Youth Engaged in National Security Issues committee.[4]

He also founded the Regent Park Community Council. The representative body facilitated a $500 million revitalization and redevelopment project in Regent Park, the largest such initiative in the country. During the project's implementation,[7] he was tasked with consulting with and protecting the interests of over 15,000 residents.[5]

Hussen currently serves as the national president of the Canadian Somali Congress (CSC).[8][9] Under his leadership, the CSC partnered with the Canadian International Peace Project and Canadian Jewish Congress to establish the Canadian Somali-Jewish Mentorship Project. It is the first national mentoring and development project between a sizable Muslim community and the Jewish community.[4]

In May 2010, the Canadian Somali Congress and Canadian International Peace Project also partnered with the Global Enrichment Foundation to launch the Somali Women Scholarship Program. Hussen acts as the program's founding director.[10]

Until 2012, Hussen served as a sitting member of the Harper government's Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security. Established in 2005, the panel brought together prominent members from a number of Canada's cultural communities and government officials in order to discuss policy and program issues, and to promote dialogue and strengthen understanding between the national authorities and its electorate.[11][12]

Political career

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Member of Parliament for York South—Weston

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In December 2014, Hussen presented himself as a candidate for a Liberal Party of Canada seat in the riding of York South—Weston for the 42nd Canadian federal election.[13] He won the nomination in a field of six aspirants.[14] The victory makes Hussen the first Somali-Canadian elected to the House of Commons.[15]

Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Refugees

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On January 10, 2017, Hussen was appointed minister of immigration as part of a Cabinet shuffle by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[16] The nomination makes Hussen the first Somali-Canadian to serve in the government cabinet.[17]

As immigration minister, Hussen announced on 2017 the Government of Canada will welcome nearly one million immigrants over the next three years. The number of migrants would climb to 310,000 in 2018, up from 300,000 in 2017. That number was to rise to 330,000 in 2019 then 340,000 in 2020.[18][19][20]

On October 31, 2018, Hussen announced that the Government of Canada had updated its multi-year immigration levels plan, which would see the number of new immigrants in Canada rise to 350,000 by 2021. This plan was to see immigration levels rise by 40,000 more than Canada's target of 310,000 immigrants in 2018.[21] The planned increases were set to reflect needs in the economic class of immigration to aid with Canada's labour shortages, as well as in humanitarian streams of immigration.[22]

In a 2018, Angus Reid Institute poll found that Hussen is one of the least popular ministers in Trudeau's cabinet.[23][24]

Minister of Families, Children and Social Development

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Hussen was shuffled to the families, children and social development portfolio following the 2019 federal election.

Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion

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After the Liberals won the 2021 federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kept Hussen in his cabinet, moving him to the housing and diversity and inclusion file.[25] Hussain owns a rental property in Ottawa, which has raised suggestions of conflict of interest.[26][27]

In May 2022, Hussein accused critics of his record in tackling the housing crisis of "misinformation and disinformation".[27]

In August 2022, it was discovered that Hussen's department had given a $133,000 grant to the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC), an organization whose senior consultant has a history of anti-semitism. Fellow Liberal MP Anthony Housefather claims that he told Minister Hussen about the anti-semitic consultant before the news broke, and that Hussen and his department could have moved quicker to cut CMAC's funding.[28][29]

In 2023, it was revealed that Hussein's office gave at least $93,050 to the sister of one of his senior ministerial staffers.[30]

Awards

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Hussen has over the years received honours and recognition for his public work. In January 2004, the Toronto Star named him among the 10 individuals who have made significant contributions to Toronto in various fields, including community service, business, sports and science.[5] In 2017, Hussen was presented with the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards,[31] an award that honours the achievements of immigrants who have chosen to make Canada their home.

Hussen was also presented a Queen's Gold and Diamond Jubilee medal. He also received the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Authority Award for his efficacious advocacy work in Regent Park.[5]

Electoral record

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2021 Canadian federal election: York South—Weston
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Ahmed Hussen 21,644 56.1 -2.3 $74,095.01
Conservative Sajanth Mohan 7,783 20.2 +1.3 $20,850.17
New Democratic Hawa Mire 6,517 16.9 -0.5 $57,283.18
People's Sitara Chiu 1,754 4.5 +3.0 none listed
Green Nicki Ward 872 2.3 -1.4 $1,360.28
Total valid votes/expense limit 38,570 99.0 – $109,157.97
Total rejected ballots 404 1.0
Turnout 38,974 51.1
Eligible voters 76,304
Liberal hold Swing -1.8
Source: Elections Canada[32]
2019 Canadian federal election: York South—Weston
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Ahmed Hussen 25,976 58.42 +12.45 $96,745.62
Conservative Jasveen Rattan 8,415 18.93 -0.29 none listed
New Democratic Yafet Tewelde 7,754 17.44 -12.95 $55,295.42
Green Nicki Ward 1,633 3.67 +1.63 $1,307.06
People's Gerard Racine 685 1.54 - $2,285.36
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,463 98.72
Total rejected ballots 575 1.28 +0.46
Turnout 45,038 56.75 -4.37
Eligible voters 79,364
Liberal hold Swing +6.37
Source: Elections Canada[33]
2015 Canadian federal election: York South—Weston
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Ahmed Hussen 20,093 46.0 +13.2 $82,886.06
New Democratic Mike Sullivan 13,281 30.4 −9.7 $155,467.41
Conservative James Robinson 8,399 19.2 −5.1 $16,183.98
Libertarian Stephen Lepone 1,041 2.4 – $202.00
Green John Johnson 892 2.0 −0.8 $455.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 43,706 100.0     $203,875.44
Total rejected ballots 362 0.82 +0.02
Turnout 44,068 62.63 +9.53
Eligible voters 70,361
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +11.45
Source: Elections Canada[34][35]

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29th Ministry – Cabinet of Justin Trudeau
Cabinet posts (3)
Predecessor Office Successor
Bardish Chagger (Diversity and Inclusion) Minister of Housing, Diversity and Inclusion
October 26, 2021 – present 		Incumbent
Jean-Yves Duclos Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 		Karina Gould
John McCallum Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 		Marco Mendicino
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