Stephen Lewis

Stephen Lewis CC
Lewis in 2009
United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
In office 2001–2006
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Mataka
Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
In office 1984–1988
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney
Preceded by	Gérard Pelletier
Succeeded by	Yves Fortier
Ontario Leader of the Opposition
In office 1975–1977
Preceded by	Robert Nixon
Succeeded by	Stuart Lyon Smith
Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
In office 1970–1978
Preceded by	Donald C. MacDonald
Succeeded by	Michael Cassidy
Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament
In office 1963–1978
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	Richard Johnston
Constituency	Scarborough West
Personal details
Born	Stephen Henry Lewis (1937-11-11) November 11, 1937 (age 86) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse	Michele Landsberg ​ (m. 1963)​
Relations	Daniel Liebeskind (brother-in-law) Naomi Klein (daughter-in-law)
Children	3, including Avi Lewis
Parent	David Lewis (father)
Relatives	Moshe Lewis (grandfather)
Residence(s)	Toronto, Ontario

Stephen Henry Lewis CC (born November 11, 1937) is a Canadian politician, public speaker, broadcaster, and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s.

During many of those years as leader, his father David Lewis was simultaneously the leader of the federal New Democratic Party. After politics, he became a broadcaster on both CBC Radio and Toronto's Citytv. In the mid-1980s, he was appointed as Canada's United Nations ambassador, by Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. He quit in 1988 and worked at various United Nations agencies during the 1990s. In the 2000s, he served a term as the United Nations' special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. In 2003, he gained investiture into the Order of Canada. As of 2014, he is a distinguished visiting professor at Toronto Metropolitan University.