Shahid Malik
| Shahid Malik | |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities | |
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In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Sadiq Khan |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice | |
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In office 4 October 2008 – 15 May 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Claire Ward |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development | |
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In office 27 June 2007 – 4 October 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Michael Foster |
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Member of Parliament for Dewsbury |
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In office 5 May 2005 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ann Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Simon Reevell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 November 1967 Burnley, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
| Religion | Islam |
Shahid Rafique Malik (Urdu: شاہد رفیق ملک نے; born 24 November 1967) is a British Labour Party politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury in 2005. In 2007 he became Britain's first Muslim Minister as International Development Minister, and subsequently served as a Justice Minister, Home Office Minister and most recently as Minister for Race, Faith and Community Cohesion at the Department for Communities and Local Government. He lost his seat in the House of Commons to Simon Reevell at the 2010 general election following significant boundary changes.
Malik was born in Burnley, Lancashire, in 1967. His father Rafique Malik was a district councillor between 1976 and 2006 and a mayor of Burnley, having emigrated from Pakistan in the 1960s. His mother was a Justice of the Peace. He attended Barden High School and Burnley Sixth Form Centre before studying Business Studies at the South Bank Polytechnic in London and later attending Durham University. Malik is one of seven siblings..
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