Lena Diab

Lena Metlege Diab (born August 17, 1965) is a Canadian politician who has served as the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Diab was elected to the House of Commons in 2021 and serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax West—Peggy's Cove. She was previously a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2013 to 2021. Diab was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. She represented Halifax Armdale and served as the provincial immigration minister as well as minister of justice, attorney general and provincial secretary. She did not run for another term in the provincial legislature in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election, opting instead to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election for the Liberal Party of Canada, in which she was elected MP for Halifax West. She was re-elected in the 2025 federal election and was appointed Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.