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Nadia Shah

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Nadia Shah
নদিয়া শাহ
Mayor of Camden
In office
11 May 2016 – 17 May 2017
Deputy Richard Cotton
Preceded by Larraine Revah
Succeeded by Richard Cotton
Deputy Mayor of Camden
In office
May 2015 – 11 May 2016
Preceded by Larraine Revah
Succeeded by Richard Cotton
Camden London Borough Councillor
for Regent's Park
Assumed office
22 May 2014
Preceded by Tulip Siddiq
Personal details
Born September 1979 (age 38)
Camden, London, England
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) J. Shah
Relations Muhammad Nazrul Islam (father)
Children 3
Residence Camden, London, England
Profession Politician

Nadia Shah (Bengali: নদিয়া শাহ; born September 1979) is a British Labour Party politician, councillor for Regent's Park and former Mayor of Camden. In May 2016, she became the first female mayor of British Bangladeshi heritage. She was elected onto Camden councils cabinet after stepping down as Mayor. She became a cabinet member and held the portfolio of Skills, Employment & Youth and is currently serving as the cabinet member for 'Safer Communities'.

Shah was born and brought up in Camden, London, England where has lived with her parents and three sisters. She attended school in Camden and graduated from the University of Greenwich.

Shah's ancestral home is at Kulaura Upazila, Moulvibazar District, Bangladesh.

Shah worked in Camden for all of her working life. She started her career as an investments adviser at NatWest Bank of England. She also worked at Home Office and several departments of the local and central government of Britain. Shah has been employed as a social worker and a youth worker. As a teenager she volunteered with young people in the borough, and she has managed community projects helping people with drug addiction and a community centre as a project manager. She became a coopted trustee for the Surma centre (the largest organisation working for the Bangladeshi community) and then went on to become an elected director.

She is a trustee of the Business Improvement District and a governor in schools. She is a lifelong member of the London Mayors Association, A trustee of the West Euston Partnership.

In May 2014, in the Camden London Borough Council election, Shah was elected as a councillor for the Regent's Park ward, where Tulip Siddiq was a councillor before becoming MP in 2015. In 2014, she was elected by members and served on the executive committee of the council.


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