Nasim Ali
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Cllr Nasim Ali OBE |
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| নাসিম আলী | |
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| Leader of Camden Council | |
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In office 4 May 2010 – 9 May 2012 |
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| Deputy |
Angela Mason (2010–2011) Sue Vincent (2011–2012) |
| Preceded by | Keith Moffitt |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Hayward |
| Labour Group Leader on Camden Council | |
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In office 12 May 2009 – 10 May 2012 |
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| Deputy | Jonathan Simpson (2009–2010) Angela Mason (2010–2011) Sue Vincent (2011–2012) |
| Preceded by | Anna Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Hayward |
| Mayor of Camden | |
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In office 14 May 2003 – 13 May 2004 |
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| Deputy | Harriet Garland |
| Preceded by | Judith Pattison |
| Succeeded by | Harriet Garland |
| Councillor for Regent's Park ward in Camden Borough |
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Assumed office 2 May 2002 |
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| Preceded by | James Turner |
| Personal details | |
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7 February 1969 Islam Pur, Shaporan, Sylhet District, Sylhet Division, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Amanda Ali (m. 2003) |
| Relations | Bahar Ali (father) Baharful Nessa (mother) Renu Begum (elder sister) Rina Begum (elder sister) Sitar Ali (elder brother) Azad Ali (younger brother) Amina Begum (younger sister) Bina Begum (younger sister) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | , Kentish Town, Camden, London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Kent |
| Occupation | Executive Director |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Islam |
Nasim "Nash" Ali, OBE (Bengali: নাসিম আলী; born 7 February 1969) is a British Labour Party politician, councillor for Regent's Park, former Cabinet Member for Young People in Camden Council and former Mayor of Camden. In May 2003, at the age of 34, after being elected Mayor of Camden he became UK's youngest mayor as well as the first Bangladeshi and first Muslim mayor.
Ali was born in Islam Pur, Shaporan, Sylhet District, Sylhet Division, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and came to the United Kingdom at the age of seven. He grew up on the Regent's Park Estate. He attended Netley Primary School and South Camden Community School, he left with one O-level in Art. Ali's parents are; Bahar Ali and Baharful Nessa. He has an elder brother, Sitar Ali, and a younger brother, Azad Ali. He has two younger sisters, Amina Begum and Bina Begum.
In 2001, Ali graduated with a BA in Informal and Community Education by distance learning from the University of Kent.
Ali's elder brother, Sitar, is treasurer of the Bengali Workers' Association.
In November 1984, Ali took his family to join the "occupation" of the Town Hall following the death of a Bangladeshi family in a bed-and-breakfast hotel in Westminster. Five years later, he worked with Camden Law Centre to establish Camden Monitoring Project to provide safe transport for Bangladeshi men being attacked by skinheads on their way home from work. At the time, his father was working as a chef and his younger brother owned a pizza shop.
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