Kaleed Rasheed
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(as Minister of Government and Consumer Services)
Kaleed Rasheed | |
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 Rasheed in 2019. | |
| Ontario Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery | |
| In office June 24, 2022 – September 20, 2023 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Ross Romano (as Minister of Government and Consumer Services) |
| Succeeded by | Todd McCarthy |
| Ontario Associate Minister of Digital Government | |
| In office June 28, 2019 – June 24, 2022 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Mississauga East—Cooksville | |
| In office June 7, 2018 – January 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Dipika Damerla |
| Succeeded by | Silvia Gualtieri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 15, 1982 Pakistan |
| Party | Independent (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Ontario Progressive Conservative (2018– 2023) |
| Alma mater | University of Guelph-Humber University of Bradford |
| Occupation | Politician |
Kaleed Rasheed (born June 15, 1982) is a Canadian politician who represented Mississauga East—Cooksville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 to 2025. He previously served as the minister of public and business service delivery from 2022 to 2023 and associate minister of digital government from 2019 to 2022. Rasheed was initially elected as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC), but resigned from the PC caucus and provincial cabinet to sit as an independent MPP on September 20, 2023 over his relationship with a developer involved in the Greenbelt scandal.[1][2] Rasheed announced on October 11, 2024 that he would not seek re-election after the 43rd Parliament of Ontario's term ends.[3]
Personal life
Rasheed was born in Pakistan in 1982 and moved to Canada as a young adult.
Rasheed studied at the University of Guelph-Humber Business Program and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in 2009. Shortly after, he moved to the U.K. to earn his Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Bradford before joining BlackBerry as an Enterprise Account Executive.[4]
While at University of Guelph-Humber, Rasheed lead the creation of a cricket team that competed against other post-secondary schools.[5]
His grandfather, Major Mohammad Aslam Khan, was a Second World War veteran serving in the British-Indian army and served as an army officer in Pakistan's Baloch Regiment, an infantry regiment of the Pakistan army; and originally moved to Canada in 1967 along with his family.[6][7] Rasheed lives in Mississauga with his wife Sofiya, and five children Noor, Mariam, Yousuf, Aisha, and Hamzah.[8]
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