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Mobina S. B. Jaffer, QC (born August 20, in Kampala, Uganda) is a Canadian Senator representing British Columbia. She is the first South Asian woman appointed to the Upper House.

Born to an Indian family living in Africa, Jaffer was educated in England and Canada. She earned a law degree from the University of London in and attended the Executive Development program at Simon Fraser University.

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She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

In , she was appointed the Special Envoy to the Peace Process in Sudan by the Government of Canada. The same year, she was Chair of the Canadian Committee on Women Peace & Security.

Jaffer has served as a Vice-President of the Liberal Party of Canada from to and as President of the National Women's Liberal Commission from to She also served on the board of the Liberal International in Jaffer ran unsuccessfully in the general election as the Liberal candidate in North Vancouver, and again in the election