Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn
Adam Hafejee Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn (born June 7, 1940 in Gujarat , India ; † May 29, 2019 ) was a British economic manager and politician of the Labor Party from India , who was a life peer from 2000 until his death House of Lords was.
Life
After attending the Pioneer High School in Bharuch , he completed a degree in economics at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.). Then Patel, who became a member of the Labor Party in 1966, worked as an accountant for Ivan Jacques Chartered Accountants in Blackburn and was also involved between 1966 and 1967 as chairman of the Commonwealth Friendship Committee in Blackburn and the Blackburn district. In 1967 he started working as an accountant at S & RD Thornton Chartered Accountants in Preston and worked there until 1974. At the same time he was one of the founders of the Indian Workers Association in 1967 and was its general secretary from 1967 to 1974.
After he was temporarily head of internal accounting at the Lusaka- based company Zamtan , he was a member of the board of Comet Cash and Carry Co Ltd from 1977 to 1997 . In the mid-1980s, Patel, who had been president of the Indian Workers Association since 1977, began his political career in local politics and represented the Petty Sessions constituency in Blackburn magistrate for the Labor Party between 1984 and 1995 . In 1987 he was one of the founders of the Council for Mosques in Lancashire and was its president until 1995. During that time, he was also the founding director of the Lancashire Company Training Center until 1996.
Patel was raised to the nobility by a letters patent dated February 14, 2000 as a life peer entitled Baron Patel of Blackburn, of Langho in the County of Lancashire . Shortly thereafter took place on 16 February 2000 his Introduction ( Introduction ) as a member of the House of Lords . In the House of Lords he belonged to the Labor Party faction .
In 2001 Baron Patel of Blackburn took over the post of chairman of the British Hajj delegation of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and held this position until 2010.
He died on May 29, 2019, about a week before his 79th birthday.
Web links
- Entry on Parliament's homepage (accessed October 24, 2012)
- Adam Patel at Hansard (English)
- Entry in They Work For You (accessed October 24, 2012)
- Biography in Debrett’s (accessed October 24, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Introduction of Baron Patel of Blackburn ( Hansard, February 16, 2000)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Patel, Adam, Baron Patel of Blackburn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Patel, Adam Hafejee, Baron Patel of Blackburn (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gujarat , India |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29 May 2019 |