party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
conservative senator for ontario 21 september 1935 january 29 , 2010 vim kochhar
 september 21 , 2011 vim kochhar
vim kochhar

vim kochhar -lrb- born september 21 , 1935 -rrb- is a canadian businessman and former senator , the first person of indo-canadian heritage appointed to the senate of canada on january 29 , 2010 .
vim kochhar obtained an engineering degree from the university of texas and came to canada in 1967 .
he acquired canadian citizenship in 1974 .
he retired from the senate on september 21 , 2011 , upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 .
