Murad Qureshi
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| Member of the London Assembly for the Labour Party (London-wide) |
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In office 10 June 2004 – May 2016 |
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27 May 1965 Greater Manchester United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Residence | Central London, United Kingdom |
| Education | MSc Environmental Economics |
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University of East Anglia (BA) University College London (MSc) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | muradqureshi |
Murad Qureshi (born 27 May 1965) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, and former Member of the London Assembly until 2016 when he was defeated.
Qureshi was born in Greater Manchester, but he was brought up in Westminster, London, when his parents moved in July 1965. He attended Quintin Kynaston School and graduated from the University of East Anglia with a degree in Development Studies before undertaking an MSc in Environmental Economics at University College London.
Of Bangladeshi descent, he comes from a politically active family: his late father Mushtaq Qureshi was a Labour Party councillor in the City of Westminster and was a freedom fighter in the Bangladesh War of Liberation. His youngest sister Papya Qureshi is also a standing councillor in Westminster.
Before becoming an Assembly Member, he worked in Housing and Regeneration for 15 years, helping establish housing associations and co-ops in the East End.
He was an Executive Committee member of SERA from 1994 to 2000 and a former board member of BRAC U.K, an international NGO seeking to alleviate poverty and empower the poor.
Qureshi was a councillor in the City of Westminster from 1998 to 2006, was elected on the Labour Party's party list to the London Assembly in the 2004 Assembly election, was re-elected in the 2008 election and re-elected in 2012 Assembly election. He failed to be re-elected at the 2016 election.
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