Editing Deepak Obhrai

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'''Deepak Obhrai''' (born July 5, 1950 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldeani,_Tanzania Oldeani], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania Tanzania]) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canadian] politician, representing the riding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary Calgary] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_East East] for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada Conservative Party of Canada]. He is currently serving as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_Secretary Parliamentary Secretary] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Canada) Minister of Foreign Affairs].<ref>[http://www.international.gc.ca/ministers-ministres/index.aspx?menu_id=19&menu=L Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Website.]</ref>

He was first elected in 1997 for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada Reform Party of Canada], and was re-elected when the Reform Party became the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Alliance Canadian Alliance] in 2000. In 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011 he was elected as a member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada Conservative Party of Canada]. He was also one of four Alliance MPs who agreed to sit with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada Progressive Conservative] caucus after the December 9, 2003 creation of the merged Conservative Party. The Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parliamentary caucuses were not officially merged until a few weeks later.

As an opposition member he served as the Opposition critic for International Cooperation, Multiculturalism, International Trade and of CIDA.

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