Ashleigh Khanna

Ashleigh Khanna MP
Leader of the National Liberal Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2017
Deputy	Atamorie Tamayo Brendan H. Lodge
Preceded by	William Ashton
Deputy Leader of the National Liberal Party
In office 3 June 2013 – 7 September 2017
Leader	Gregor McGrath William Ashton
Preceded by	Brendan H. Lodge
Succeeded by	Atamorie Tamayo
Attorney-General of Valentir
In office 17 June 2005 – 23 October 2009
Prime Minister	Amélie Maillard
Preceded by	TBD
Succeeded by	Troy Hammond
Chief Whip of the Assembly
In office 3 March 2003 – 17 June 2005
Prime Minister	Amélie Maillard
Preceded by	TBD
Succeeded by	TBD
Member of the Valentirian Parliament for Harborough—Berkeley
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 November 2014
Preceded by	TBD
In office 1999 – 23 October 2009
Preceded by	TBD
Succeeded by	TBD
Personal details
Born	Ashleigh Marie Khanna 20 October 1964 (age 54) Harborough, Westcliff, Valentir
Political party	National Liberal Party (2011-present)
Other political affiliations	Valentirian Federation of Labour (1990–2011)
Spouse(s)	Martin Richardson (m. 2003)
Alma mater	Fairfax University, Valeins Middleton University
Profession	Lawyer Politician
Religion	Solarian Catholic

Ashleigh Marie Khanna (born 20 October 1964) is a Valentirian political and lawyer who has served as the Leader of the National Liberal since 7 September 2017. Previously she served as Attorney-General of Valentir from 2005 to 2009 and Chief Whip of the Assembly from 2003 to 2005. She has been an MP representing the electoral division of Harborough—Berkeley from 1999 to 2009 and since 4 November 2014.

Early life and education

Ashleigh Khanna was born on 20 October 1964 in Harborough, Westcliff, to a Bahian mother and a Marathi father. Her mother, Adaeze Otieno, was a marine biologist who immigrated to Valentir in 1960. Her father, Kumaran Gadhavi Khanna, is a Middleton University economics professor who emigrated from Mathrabumi in 1961 for undergraduate study in economics at Fairfax University, Valeins.

Khannas' family lived in Valeins, Vallois, where both of her parents attended undergraduate school. She was close to her fraternal grandfather, N. G. Khanna, a Marathi diplomat. As a child, she often visited her extended family in the Besant Nagar neighborhood of Sirand, Mathrabumi. She grew up going to both a Solarian Catholic church and a Marathi temple. She has one younger sister, Jessalyn Khanna.

Khanna began attending primary school in 1970 at St Richard's Collegiate Girls' School in Valeins. Her parents divorced when she was seven, and her mother was granted custody of the children. After the divorce, when Khanna was 12, her mother moved with the children to Haussimont, Talissieu, where Adaeze accepted a position doing research at Haussimont General Hospital and teaching at Poirot University. Khanna was enrolled at a neighborhood school for native Gaullican speakers. After graduating in 1981, Khanna majored in political science and economics at Fairfax University, Valeins. At Fairfax, she was elected to the liberal arts student council as novice class representative, was a member of the debate team, and joined the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority.

Khanna returned to Westcliff, where she earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Middle University in 1989. She was admitted to the Westcliff Bar Association in 1990.

Chief Whip of the Assembly (2003-2005)

Khanna with Speaker Lucrezia Fiorentini soon after Khanna became Chief Whip in 2003.

Attorney-General of Valentir (2005-2009)

Khanna announcing the arrest of 18 Front populaire members in 2006.

Defeat and return to Parliament

• Abandons VFL to join NLP
• Becomes deputy in 2013
• Reelected to Harborough—Berkeley as NLP candidate

Leader of the National Liberal Party

• Replaces Ashton as leader after 2017 general election
• Member of the Ashton/Lodge wing of the party

Political positions

Khanna at the 2013 Harborough Pride Parade.