Omar Alghabra

Quick Facts

Full Name	Omar Alghabra
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Oct 24, 1969(1969-10-24)
Age	55
Birthplace	Khobar
Country	Saudi Arabia
Birth City	Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Horoscope	Libra

Omar Alghabra Biography

Omar Alghabra is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on October 24, 1969 in Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia. Alghabra was born in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia to the family of a Syrian family. His father, who was an architect, relocated the family members to Saudi Arabia in 1968. Alghabra has said that he recalls living in a safe environment as a student at a private school, and traveling to Syria during the summer. Alghabra finished his high school studies in Alkhobar’s Dhahran Ahliyya School in Alkhobar. He later relocated into Damascus, Syria where he began his engineering education from Damascus University. He decided to finish his studies in Canada.

The Alghabra government in 2007 accused the Harper government for making use of security language to use controversy over the Anti-Terrorism Act that allowed for pre-arrest and hearings for investigation. Alghabra claimed it was “good police work using ordinary legal measures” has been utilized to capture suspected terrorists previously. He continued to argue that these measures require evidence of threat before they are worthy of their application. This is “parliament’s priority to protect all Canadians and not to allow ideology to trump rational and evidence-based debate”. Alghabra also suggested that suspects of terror should be investigated in a third way rather than being having them released or deported. He said that because Canada should have an impartial justice system, the system must be utilized as a last resort, since many suspects are susceptible to the presumption of guiltas well as racial profiling and public anxiety. He mentioned instances like Maher Arar, as an instance.

Alghabra was defeated in General Election 2008 and General Election 2011 for Mississauga-Erindale. He was next re-elected to the 42 Parliament of Canada in 2015 as Member of Parliament for Mississauga Centre. Alghabra’s campaign efforts garnered media attention for parodying the opening sequence of Game of Thrones.

After his political defeat in the 2008 general election, Alghabra joined ENBALA Power Networks as their Vice President for Corporate Development. Later, he worked as an advisor to the COO of the Ontario Energy Board on innovation in the utility sector. Alghabra returned to the Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science after being appointed a Distinguished Visiting Professor. In this role, he also joined Ryerson’s start-up incubator DMZ as their Executive-in-residence.

Alghabra declared that his involvement in politics began as a volunteer for a campaign and he also had the opportunity to speak out on issues such as equality as well as national security issues and the issue of racial profiling. When a Member of Parliament retired, Alghabra left General Electric to run as a Liberal candidate for Member of Parliament in the 2006 federal election in the riding of Mississauga–Erindale. He beat Conservative incumbent Bob Dechert by 3,328 votes. He was elected into the Conservative Party minority government, headed by Stephen Harper. Alghabra said that his engineering education has helped to broaden his political outlook.

Omar Alghabra Net Worth

Omar Alghabra is one of the richest Engineer from Saudi Arabia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Omar Alghabra 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Omar Alghabra PC MP (Arabic: mr Gbr) (born on October 24 1969) is a Canadian politician, who is the Liberal Member of the Parliament in the city of Mississauga Centre. The first time he got elected was in the year 2006 for the 39th Parliament of Canada and then when he was elected in the year 2015 42nd the Parliament of Canada. He was Parlament Secretary of the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Consular Affairs) from 2015 to 2018 , and also as the Parlament Secretary of the Minister for International Trade Diversification from 2018 until 2019. Alghabra was elected again in the federal election of 2019. He was appointed Parliament Secretary of the Premier (Public Service Renewal) and Parliament Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister as well as Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs. He was also officially sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council in February 2020.

In his professional life He was socially involved. Alghabra helped to create initiatives that empowered young Canadians and helped to promote social and economic integration. He was involved in the community’s civic associations to help promote a greater knowledge of civil rights as well as equality and justice. He also was an active member of the editorial board of the community of The Toronto Star in 2003 where there were several articles published.

As Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale, Alghabra was appointed as the Critic for Citizenship and Immigration and served as member in the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration in 2007.

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Alghabra was appointed Parliament Secretary to the Minister of International Trade Diversification and served from 2018 to 2019. Alghabra also served on the Standing Committee for International Trade, collaborating on the culmination of various reports.

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Alghabra has proposed that more condos and offices in Mississauga are a good idea when residents do not need to use their cars to access work or shopping facilities in response to the city of Mississauga’s Downtown21 plan where they designated the downtown core as Mixed Use. He states that a high-density community causes congestion when residents need to exit the community to access these places. To make Mississauga a world-class city, he argues that increasing population density is necessary.