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She served as the member of Parliament for the riding of Peterborough—Kawartha from to as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Monsef was defeated in her riding in the federal election.

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Monsef was born at the Imam Reza Hospital [ b ] in Mashhad , Iran , [ 2 ] to Hazara Afghan parents who had fled during the Soviet—Afghan War , and lived with her family there in childhood, together with periods in Herat , Afghanistan, in — and — The family struggled in Iran [ 6 ] because of low economic and social prospects for Afghan migrants, [ 7 ] even though they had legal status as "involuntary migrants" mohajerin under Iranian rules in effect prior to Upon arrival, the family took up residence in Peterborough , where Monsef's uncle already lived.

In , Monsef enrolled at Trent University , [ 12 ] from which she graduated in with a Bachelor of Science in biology and psychology. Monsef holds dual citizenship with Afghanistan. In , Monsef was offered a job in Afghanistan but was unable to enter the country because of security concerns. When Monsef returned to Canada, she ran for Mayor of Peterborough in , finishing a close second.

Later that same year, she was nominated as the Liberal Party candidate for the federal election. On March 1, , she was appointed Minister of International Development.

Maryam Monsef PC (Persian: مریم منصف, born Monsefzadeh; November 7, ) is an Afghan Canadian politician.

On May 10, , Monsef gave notice in the House of Commons of the government's plans for the composition of the Special Committee on Electoral Reform , which was to have ten members—six members of the Liberal Party, three members from the Conservative Party , and one member from the New Democratic Party. Following the release of the final report of the Electoral Reform Committee Monsef criticized the Members of the committee stating "On the main question on the hard choices that we had asked the committee to make, the members of the committee took a pass," and "We asked the committee to help answer very difficult questions for us.

It did not do that. In late , the Government contracted Vox Pop Labs to create an online survey for Canadians on electoral reform at a website called mydemocracy. It was also widely mocked by political observers and electoral reform advocates.