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Canadian senator
The HonourableMohamed-Iqbal Ravalia
Senator from
Newfoundland and Labrador
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 1, 2018
Nominated byJustin Trudeau
Appointed byJulie Payette
Personal details
Born (1957-08-15) August 15, 1957 (age 67)
Rhodesia
Political partyIndependent Senators Group
ResidenceTwillingate, NL

Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia (born August 15, 1957) is a Canadian senator from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was appointed to the Senate on June 1, 2018.

Early life and education

Ravalia left white minority rule in what was then Rhodesia and immigrated to rural Newfoundland. He holds a bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery from the University of Rhodesia, in present-day Zimbabwe.

Career

Prior to his appointment to the Senate, Ravalia was a family physician, as well as a senior medical officer at the Notre Dame Bay Memorial Health Centre, in Twillingate, NL. He was also an associate professor of family medicine and the assistant dean of Rural Medical Education Network at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Personal life and recognition

He has been awarded the Canadian Family Physician of the Year Award and received the Order of Canada in 2016. In 2012, he was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Ravalia and his wife Dianne have two sons, Adam and Mikhail.

References

  1. "Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, C.M. | Prime Minister of Canada". Pm.gc.ca. June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  2. "Family doctor, professor, Trudeau's new appointee to the Senate | CBC News". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  3. "Family doctor who left Zimbabwe for N.L. Now newest Trudeau-appointed senator". June 2018.
  4. "Faculty of Medicine - Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland".

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