Sadiq Khan
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The Right Honourable Sadiq Khan |
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| 3rd Mayor of London | |
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Assumed office 9 May 2016 |
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| Deputy | Joanne McCartney |
| Preceded by | Boris Johnson |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor |
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In office 8 October 2010 – 11 May 2015 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Shadowing |
Kenneth Clarke Chris Grayling Michael Gove |
| Preceded by | Jack Straw |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Falconer of Thoroton |
| Shadow Minister for London | |
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In office 16 January 2013 – 11 May 2015 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Tessa Jowell |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 14 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband |
| Shadowing | Philip Hammond |
| Preceded by | The Lord Adonis |
| Succeeded by | Maria Eagle |
| Minister of State for Transport | |
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In office 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Sec. of State | The Lord Adonis |
| Preceded by | The Lord Adonis |
| Succeeded by | Theresa Villiers |
| Minister of State for Communities | |
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In office 4 October 2008 – 8 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Parmjit Dhanda |
| Succeeded by | Shahid Malik |
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Member of Parliament for Tooting |
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In office 5 May 2005 – 9 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Cox |
| Succeeded by | Rosena Allin-Khan |
| Personal details | |
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Sadiq Aman Khan 8 October 1970 Tooting, London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Saadiya Ahmed (m. 1994) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of North London University of Law |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Website | Official website |
Sadiq Aman Khan PC (Urdu: صادق امان خان; born 8 October 1970) is a British politician and the current Mayor of London since 2016. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 to 2016. A member of the Labour Party, he is situated on the party's soft left and has been ideologically characterised as a social democrat.
Born in Tooting, South London to a working-class British Pakistani family, Khan gained a degree in Law from the University of North London. He subsequently worked as a solicitor specialising in human rights, and chaired Liberty for three years. Joining Labour, Khan was a Councillor for the London Borough of Wandsworth from 1994 to 2006 before being elected MP for Tooting in 2005. Under the Labour government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown he was appointed Minister of State for Communities in 2008, later becoming Minister of State for Transport. A key ally of Labour leader Ed Miliband, he served in Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Shadow Lord Chancellor, and Shadow Minister for London.
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