Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon
Tariq Mahmood Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon (Urdu: طارق محمود احمد; born 3 April 1968), is a British businessman and a conservative life peer.[1]
Biography
Born in Lambeth,[2] to Punjabi Pakistani immigrant parents, he was educated at Rutlish School, Merton Park, southwest London. He was appointed Minister of State for the Commonwealth and United Nations at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 13 June 2017.[3][4]
In 1991, he entered Natwest's Graduate Management programme, eventually working as Head of Marketing, Sponsorship and Branding and in 2000 went to work for AllianceBernstein.[5][6] In 2004, he joined Sucden Financial, where he served on the Executive Committee and as Director of Marketing, Strategy and Research.[6] He is an Associate of the Institute of Financial Services and a member of the Institute of Directors.[5][6]
He is a member of the Ahmadiyya and from 1999 to 2008 served as vice-president of AMYA, a British Muslim youth organisation.[7] From 2001 to 2006, he served as a governor of Wimbledon Park Primary school.[7] He joined the Conservative Party in 1994.[8] In 2002, he was elected a Councillor in Wimbledon.[8] He contested Croydon North for the Conservative party in 2005. From 2008 to 2010, he served as Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party.[8]
On 13 January 2011, he was made a life peer, and was conferred the honorary title of Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon, in the London Borough of Merton,.[9] He formally joined the House of Lords on 17 January.[10] In 2014, Ahmad was promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at DCLG. After the 2015 general election, he was appointed jointly as Minister for Skills and Aviation Security at the Department for Transport and Minister for Countering Extremism at the Home Office. In 2016, he was appointed Minister for Aviation, International Trade and Europe at the Department for Transport in the First May ministry.
After the 2017 general election, Ahmad was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibilities to the Commonwealth, the United Nations, and the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict.[11]
References
- ^ "In full: New members of the House of Lords". BBC. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ UK Government Website
- ^ "Lord Ahmad appointed FCO Minister for the Commonwealth and UN". Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ a b Official website, About Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Official website, Professional Archived 2011-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Official website, Community Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Tariq introduced to House of Lords Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 59676". The London Gazette. 20 January 2011. p. 869.
- ^ "Ahmad takes his seat in the House of Lords From: UK Times London". South Asian Pulse. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Government Profile".
External links
- Profile at the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at PublicWhip.org
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
- Profile at BBC News Democracy Live