Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon

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Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon

Tariq Mahmood Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon (born April 3, 1968 in London ) is a British - Pakistani businessman and politician ( Conservative Party ). After Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh and Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, Ahmad has been the third Muslim life peer for the Tories in the House of Lords since 2011 .

life and career

Education and employment

Ahmad was born in London in the Wimbledon Park district. There he grew up and attended school. He completed his studies as a business graduate ; His focus was on finance ( financing ) and capital investments ( investment ). He earned a Bachelor of Honors (BA Hons) and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (ACIB).

From 1991 to 2000 he worked for the NatWest Group . He was a director at the asset management company Alliance Capital from 2000 to 2003. He has been the Strategy and Marketing Director of Sucden Financial Limited since 2004 .

Political career

In 1994 he joined the Conservative Party . From 1997 to 2002 he was Deputy Chairman ( Deputy Chairman ) of the Wimbledon Conservative Association , where he was Executive Officer from 1999 to 2001 and Deputy Chairman ( Vice Chairman ) from 1999 to 2001 . From 2008 to 2010 he was Chairman ( Vice Chairman ) of the Conservative Party for the boroughs of the City of London and the City of Westminster .

He has held various positions at the local level. He was a member of the Merton Racial Equality Council from 1994 to 1997 . In the Council ( Merton Council ) of the London Borough of Merton , he became a Councilor ( Councilor ) in 2002 . From 2003 to 2006 he was the School Governor of the Wimbledon Park School . From 2006 to 2008 he was in the Council of the London Borough of Merton Member ( Cabinet Member ) for Environment and Transport ( Environment and Transport ). Since 2008 he has been this for the areas of community safety and voluntary engagement . He was the Merton Council opposition spokesman for the Conservative Party's Lead Spokesperson on Environment and Regeneration . He resigned as a councilor in March 2012 to focus on his duties in the House of Lords and his future fatherly duties. From 2006 to 2008 he was also Deputy Chairman ( Deputy Chairman ) of the Committee on Transport and Environment ( Transport and Environment Committee ) at the London Councils , the Joint Association of London boroughs .

In the 2005 general election, he ran for the constituency of Croydon North .

Memberships

Ahmad is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community . He is a member of the Conservative Friends of Pakistan and, since 2003, the Conservative Friends of India .

Membership in the House of Lords

Ahmad was born on 13 January 2011. Life peer as Baron Ahmed of Wimbledon, of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton appointed. The official introduction to the House of Lords took place on January 17, 2011 with the support of Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi and Michael Howard . He gave his inaugural speech on February 3, 2011. In this he mentioned the educational initiative Mosaic - The power of positive thinking , with which he is in contact. On the website of the House of Lords, he mentions foreign policy , the European Union and the euro as topics of political interest . He lists Bangladesh , China , India , Israel , the Middle East , Pakistan , Russia and the USA as states of interest .

Ahmad is regularly present on meeting days.

Working in public

As part of a parliamentary delegation, he visited the West Bank and Israel in September 2011 .

In October 2011 he visited Turkey and met with various business people and politicians, as well as journalists. In December 2011 he spoke at the Global Conference on Economic and Social Challenges in Baku .

Ahmad was one of the signatories to an open letter to the Times newspaper in February 2012 criticizing the decision to return Formula 1 to Bahrain after protests were cracked down there. Also among the signatories were Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed , David Alton , Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury , Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine , Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton , Caroline Lucas and Tim Boswell, Baron Boswell of Aynho .

He also took part in the ninth Peace Conference of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in London on March 24, 2012.

Honors

He is a member of the Institute of Directors and an Associate of the Institute of Financial Services .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In full: New members of the House of Lords article on BBC News December 19, 2010
  2. ↑ By-election due as councillor stands down in: Your Local Guardian of March 16, 2012
  3. ↑ a b c Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon. (BA Hons, ACIB) ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Profile on the UpRising website , accessed May 3, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / uprising.org.uk
  4. ↑ a b c About ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography on his website, accessed April 7, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tariqahmad.com
  5. ↑ a b c Professional ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography on his website, accessed April 7, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tariqahmad.com
  6. ↑ a b c Tariq introduced to House of Lords ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article on Nation.com from January 20, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nation.com.pk
  7. ↑ Merton says farewell to Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon and wishes him well for the future ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article on Merton Council website , March 19, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.merton.gov.uk
  8. ↑ 17 Jan 2011: Column 1 minutes of the meeting on the website of the House of Lords from 17 January 2011
  9. ↑ Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon pays tribute to Mosaic  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article on the Mosaic website , accessed April 10, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.mosaicnetwork.co.uk  
  10. ↑ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed April 8, 2012
  11. ↑ Lords unite in protests against Bahrain GP ( Memento from February 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Article on the Formula 1 Update website from February 11, 2012
  12. ↑ Muslim leader warns of the devastating consequences of a nuclear war  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article on the website of hmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany from April 3, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ahmadiyya-islam.org  
personal data
SURNAME Ahmad, Tariq, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ahmad, Tariq Mahmood, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British businessman and politician (Conservative Party)
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd April 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH London