Yonah Martin | |
|---|---|
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| Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate | |
| Assumed office November 4, 2015 | |
| Leader | Don Plett |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Canadian Senator from British Columbia | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2009 | |
| Nominated by | Stephen Harper |
| Appointed by | Michaëlle Jean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yonah Kim April 11, 1965 Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | Conservative |
Yonah Martin (née Kim; born April 11, 1965) is a Conservative Canadian Senator from British Columbia. She was appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in January 2009, and is the first Canadian of Korean descent to serve in the Senate of Canada and the first Korean-Canadian Parliamentarian in Canadian history.[1]
She is currently the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. She served as Deputy Whip of the Government in the Senate, from May 2011 to August 2013; and has been Co-Chair of the Canada Korea Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group since 2009.[1]
- ^ a b "Yonah Martin - Conservative Party of Canada". Archived from the original on June 9, 2016.