What is Salma Lakhani?
{{Infobox person | name = Salma Lakhani | nationality = Canadian | known_for = First Muslim [[Lieutenant Governor]] in Canada }} '''Salma Lakhani''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|AOE}} (born 1951 or 1952) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[businessperson]] and [[philanthropy|philanthropist]]. She is the 19th [[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]]. She is the first Muslim [[Lieutenant Governor]] of Canada. == Early life and education == Lakhani was born in Uganda. In 1972, the leader of Uganda made the expulsion of Asians from Uganda. Because of this, she and her husband moved to [[Edmonton]] in 1977, from the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20070609/281801394540770|title=Lifetime of service rewards distinguished doctor|date=9 June 2007|last=Kellogg|first=Alan|work=[[Edmonton Journal]]|access-date=30 June 2020}}</ref> She got a [[bachelor's degree]] with honours from the [[University of Manchester]]. She studied [[clinical chemistry|clinical biochemistry]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{canada-stub}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Politicians from Edmonton]] [[Category:Canadian businesspeople]] [[Category:Canadian Muslims]] [[Category:Canadian philanthropists]]