Tarik Brahmi

Tarik Brahmi (born May 19, 1968) is a Canadian engineer and politician.

He was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Jean from 2011, when he defeated incumbent Claude Bachand of the Bloc Québécois, until 2015, and sat with New Democratic Party caucus.

Born in Lyon, France, with a father from Toudja, Algeria, he graduated from the Université de Montpellier in 1991 with a degree in Microelectronics and Control Engineering.

He became interested in environmental causes in 1995, and worked in software development.

Prior to being elected to parliament, he worked as a senior interviewer for Statistics Canada.