Keith Vaz
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The Right Honourable Keith Vaz MP |
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| Chair of the Home Affairs Committee | |
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In office 26 July 2007 – 6 September 2016 |
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| Preceded by | John Denham |
| Succeeded by | Tim Loughton (acting) |
| Minister of State for Europe | |
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In office 9 May 1999 – 11 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Geoff Hoon |
| Succeeded by | Peter Hain |
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Member of Parliament for Leicester East |
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Assumed office 11 June 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Bruinvels |
| Majority | 18,352 (38.2%) |
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Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz 26 November 1956 Aden Colony |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Fernandes |
| Relations |
Valerie Vaz (sister) Penny McConnell (sister) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Website | Official website |
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician who, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East since the 1987 general election, is the British Parliament's longest-serving British Asian MP.
Vaz served as the Minister for Europe between October 1999 and June 2001. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in June 2006. He was Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee from July 2007, but resigned from this role on 6 September 2016 after allegations about his private life were published by the Sunday Mirror. At the end of October 2016, Vaz was appointed to the Justice Select Committee; a parliamentary vote to block this development was defeated.
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz was born in the British crown colony of Aden, on 26 November 1956, to parents, Xavier and Merlyn Vaz. The Vaz family hailed from Goa, now an Indian state, which accounts for his Goan-Portuguese surname. Vaz is a distant relative of Saint Joseph Vaz, a 17th-century missionary. He moved to England with his family in 1965, settling in Twickenham. His father worked in the airline industry, while his mother held two jobs as a teacher and in Marks & Spencer. Vaz's father committed suicide when his son was 14. Merlyn Vaz moved to Leicester when her son was selected as prospective parliamentary candidate for the Leicester East constituency. She was elected to Leicester City Council as a Labour councillor and served on the council for 14 years.
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