Thanh Hai Ngo

The Honourable
Thanh Hai Ngo
The Honourable Thanh Hai Ngo
Senator for Ontario
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; September 6, 2012
Nominated by	Stephen Harper
Appointed by	David Johnston
Personal details
Born	January 3, 1947 (age 77); Vietnam
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of Ottawa, University of Paris
Occupation	educator, citizenship judge
Profession	politician

Thanh Hai Ngo (Ngô Thanh Hải; born January 3, 1947 in Vietnam) is a Conservative Party of Canada Senator representing Ontario. He was nominated by Governor General David Johnston on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He is the first Canadian Senator of Vietnamese descent to sit in the Senate of Canada.

Ngô was born in South Vietnam and was an officer of Republic of Vietnam Military Forces.^[1] He moved to Canada in 1975 after fleeing Vietnam via Malaysia.^[2]

He has a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from the University of Paris and Bachelor and a Master of Education from the University of Ottawa.^[2] Until his appointment to the Senate in 2012, he had been a citizenship judge from 2007 to 2012.

References

^ Phỏng vấn Thượng nghị sĩ Canada Ngô Thanh Hải, RFI, 2.1.2013
^ ^a ^b Upper House Watch: Five new senators headed for the Red Chamber, CBCnews, September 7, 2012, Accessed September 7, 2012

[rfi1-1] Phỏng vấn Thượng nghị sĩ Canada Ngô Thanh Hải, RFI, 2.1.2013

[cbc-2] Upper House Watch: Five new senators headed for the Red Chamber, CBCnews, September 7, 2012, Accessed September 7, 2012

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