Québec Solidaire MNA Amir Khadir to leave politics

Québec Solidaire MNA Amir Khadir confirmed on Friday he will be leaving politics at the end of his term.
Khadir, who turns 57 next month, was born in Tehran, Iran. He holds a doctorate in medicine from Laval University and a master’s degree in physics from McGill University.
He specialized in microbiology and infectious diseases at the Université de Montréal before working in the field at the Centre Hospitalier Pierre-Le Gardeur in Terrebonne.
Khadir was the first MNA