Deepak Obhrai

Quick Facts

Full Name	Deepak Obhrai
Occupation	Businessman
Date Of Birth	Jul 5, 1950(1950-07-05)
Age	74
Date Of Death	August 2, 2019, Calgary, Canada
Birthplace	Oldeani
Country	Tanzania
Birth City	Arusha Region
Horoscope	Cancer

Deepak Obhrai Biography

Deepak Obhrai is one of the most popular and richest Businessman who was born on July 5, 1950 in Oldeani, Arusha Region, Tanzania.

Obhrai was born on July 5, 1950 in Oldeani, Tanganyika, now Tanzania, to a Hindu family. His father died when Obhrai was six, so he was raised by his mother, who worked at a bank. Obhrai went to primary school in Moshi, a town near Mount Kilimanjaro, and went to high school in Arusha before transferring to the prestigious Daly College in Indore, India. He moved to the United Kingdom and trained as an air traffic controller. Disillusioned by discrimination he faced in Britain, he returned to Tanzania to work. In 1976, Obhrai was on duty at a nearby Tanzanian airport when the Entebbe raid took place in neighbouring Uganda.

Deepak Obhrai PC (July 5, 1950 – August 2, 2019) was a Tanzania-born Canadian politician, representing the riding of Calgary East (until 2015) and Forest Lawn (from 2015) for the Reform Party of Canada and then the Conservative Party of Canada from 1997 until his death in 2019. He previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was the first and only Hindu to become an MP in Canada, and at the time of his death was the longest continuously-serving Conservative MP. He ran in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, but was defeated in the first round of voting.

Deepak Obhrai Net Worth

Deepak Obhrai is one of the richest Businessman from Tanzania. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Deepak Obhrai 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Obhrai was the longest-serving Conservative MP in Canada’s 42nd Parliament. Obhrai served as the International Development Critic in the Shadow Cabinet of Rona Ambrose, before resigning from the Shadow Cabinet to seek the Conservative Party leadership.

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Who is Deepak Obhrai Dating?

According to our records, Deepak Obhrai married to Neena Obhrai. As of December 1, 2023, Deepak Obhrai’s is not dating anyone.

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In February 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Obhrai as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In March 2008, he was given the additional responsibility of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation, a role he held until November 2008; he would hold the role again from November 2010 to January 2011.

Facts & Trivia

Demetris Ranked on the list of most popular Businessman. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Tanzania. Deepak Obhrai celebrates birthday on July 5 of every year.

During the 2011 Canadian federal election, Obhrai chose not to appear in an all-candidates debate in his riding, citing that his time was better spent talking with constituents. He also said that he “does not wish to debate a Liberal from Toronto,” a reference to Calgary East Liberal candidate Josipa Petrunic, who despite her employment by the University of Toronto, was born and raised in Calgary, which was also where she conducted her research.