Arif lalani biography
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Arif Lalani: A key player in Canada’s Middle East policy
Embassy Magazine
Hanieh Khosroshahi
July 3, 2013
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Recently named as Canada’s first-ever special envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, colleagues describe Arif Lalani, Canada’s current ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, as the face of a changing Canada.
Of Indian descent, Mr. Lalani was born in Uganda about five years before Idi Amin’s brutal 1971 coup. His family was among the community of Ismaili Muslims made to pack their bags. After being flown to Montreal, they moved to Cambridge, Ont., where Mr. Lalani spent his childhood. In 1982, the Lalani family moved to East Vancouver, according to media reports.
With a degree in international relations from …
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Arif Z. Lalani
Arif Z. Lalani is a distinguished fellow at both the Centre for International Governance Innovation and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, a senior advisor with StrategyCorp, and a former Canadian diplomat who served as ambassador to Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates.
Arif Z. Lalani is a distinguished fellow at both the Centre for International Governance Innovation and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, a senior advisor with StrategyCorp, and a former Canadian diplomat who served as ambassador to Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates. He was also posted to Turkey (with accreditation to Georgia and Azerbaijan), New York (representing Canada on the United Nations Security Council) and to Washington, DC.
Arif was Canada’s first special envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Throughout his career in the foreign service, he advanced Canada’s strategic political and business interests and purposefully shaped international responses to security, economic, development and humanitarian matters. He has previously served on CIGI’s Board of Directors, as well as on the boards of the Commonwealth of Learning, Hedayah, the Canadian Ditchley Foundation, and the Munk School
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