Lord Ahmed
Lord Nazir Ahmed was the first Pakistani and first Muslim member of the House of Lords. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Ahmed, of Rotherham in the County of South Yorkshire in 1998.
Born in Azad Kashmir, Nazir came to the UK to live in Rotherham as a small child. He was educated at Spurley Hey Comprehensive School, Thomas Rotherham College and Sheffield Hallam University. In 1974, he married Sakina Bibi, and together they have three children.
Later, Lord Ahmed went on to build a career as a business development manager while keeping actively involved in his local community. He is now a Company director with extensive property interests. A local councillor during the 1990s, as well as serving as a Justice of the Peace on the magistrates' bench, he chaired the South Yorkshire Labour Party and was a non-executive director of Rotherham Health Authority.
An international statesman, he travels extensively building inter-country relations. Nazir is also a Patron of many charities.
Lord Ahmed is Founder and President of the All-Party Parliamentary Inter-Faith Group, and Founder and Vice President of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship.
Born in Azad Kashmir, Nazir came to the UK to live in Rotherham as a small child. He was educated at Spurley Hey Comprehensive School, Thomas Rotherham College and Sheffield Hallam University. In 1974, he married Sakina Bibi, and together they have three children.
Later, Lord Ahmed went on to build a career as a business development manager while keeping actively involved in his local community. He is now a Company director with extensive property interests. A local councillor during the 1990s, as well as serving as a Justice of the Peace on the magistrates' bench, he chaired the South Yorkshire Labour Party and was a non-executive director of Rotherham Health Authority.
An international statesman, he travels extensively building inter-country relations. Nazir is also a Patron of many charities.
Lord Ahmed is Founder and President of the All-Party Parliamentary Inter-Faith Group, and Founder and Vice President of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship.
