# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deepak-obhrai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:16:54.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deepak-obhrai"
name: "Deepak Obhrai"
slug: "deepak-obhrai"
description: "Deepak Obhrai was a Canadian politician, representing the riding of Calgary East and Forest Lawn for the Reform Party of Canada and then the Conservative Party of Canada from 1997 until he died in 2019. He previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was the first Hindu to become an MP in Canada, and at the time of his death was the longest continuously serving Conservative MP. He ran in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, but was defeated in the first round of voting."
tagline: "Canadian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deepak_Obhrai_-_2017_(35532111070)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-07-05"
deathDate: "2019-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.609972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/deepakobhrai"
    handle:    "deepakobhrai"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "ديپاك اوبهراى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Obhrai"
    title: "Deepak Obhrai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Obhrai"
    title: "Deepak Obhrai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA"
    title: "Обхраи, Дипак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Obhrai"
    title: "Deepak Obhrai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2402044"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump