Diane Ablonczy, PC, MP is a Canadian Member of Parliament, representing the riding of Calgary?Nose Hill in the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. She served as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from January 4, 2011 to July 15, 2013. She was previously appointed Minister of State on January 19, 2010. She held the position of Minister of State from October 30, 2008, Secretary of State from August 14, 2007, and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance from February 2006. Previously, Ablonczy served as Chief Opposition Critic for Citizenship and Immigration, Health, and Human Resources Development. Ablonczy was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993 as the Reform Party Member of Parliament for Calgary North. In the riding redistribution of 1996 the riding of Calgary North ceased to exist and Ablonczy was re-elected as MP for Calgary?Nose Hill in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011. On July 4, 2013, Ablonczy announced she would not seek re-election in the 2015 federal election. [More at Wikipedia]

May 6th, 1949 in Peoria (Age 75)