Irwin Cotler

The Honourable Irwin Cotler PC , OC , BA , BCL , LL.D. , LL.M. , Ph.D. is Canada's Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. First elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the constituency of Mount Royal in a by-election in November 1999, he was sworn into these positions on December 12, 2003.

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The Honourable - PC - OC - BA - BCL - LL.D. - LL.M. - Ph.D. - Canada - Minister of Justice - Attorney General of Canada - Canadian House of Commons - Mount Royal - By-election - December 12 - 2003

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Son of a lawyer, he was born on May 8, 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, studied at McGill University there, and for a short period, worked with federal Minister of Justice John Turner.

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May 8 - 1940 - Montreal - Quebec - McGill University - John Turner

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Cotler was a professor of law at McGill University and the director of its Human Rights Program from 1973 until his election as a Member of Parliament in 1999 for the Liberal Party of Canada. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Yale Law School and is the recipient of five honorary doctorates. He was appointed in 1992 as an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is a past president of the Canadian Jewish Congress.

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1973 - Member of Parliament - 1999 - Liberal Party of Canada - Order of Canada - Canadian Jewish Congress

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