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Ahmed Hussen

1976–

Canada

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Ahmed Hussen (Somali: Axmed Xuseen; born 1976) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for York South—Weston—Etobicoke since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Hussen was a Cabinet minister from 2017 to 2025, under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He was the minister of international development from 2023 to 2025, minister of housing, diversity and inclusion from 2021 to 2023, minister of families, children and social development from 2019 to 2021 and minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship from 2017 to 2019.

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