Shahrar Ali

Shahrar Ali
Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
In office 1 September 2014 – 2 September 2016 Serving with Amelia Womack
Leader	Natalie Bennett
Preceded by	Will Duckworth
Succeeded by	Amelia Womack
Personal details
Political party	Green Party of England and Wales
Residence	London
Alma mater	University College London

Shahrar Ali (['ʃɑːrɑː ɑː'liː]) is a British politician and former Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, a post he served alongside Amelia Womack. He was the first Black and Minority Ethnic deputy of a parliamentary party in the UK.

He was elected in September 2014 at the Green Party conference in Aston, Birmingham for a two-year term.

Shahrar Ali has degrees in biochemical engineering (BEng) and philosophy (BA, MPhil, PhD) from the University of London. His 1997 MPhil thesis was on 'Practical reason with reference to the Humean conception', and his 2004 PhD thesis (UCL) entitled 'Making as if to stand behind one's words: a theory of intentional deception and lying'. His research interests are in moral and applied philosophy.

Ali began his green political career after working for the European Parliament in Luxembourg, and has attributed this career decision in part to his experience of teaching philosophy at University level. He has taught at the University of Hertfordshire, APU, City Lit, WEA and Birkbeck College. He stood in the 2005, 2010 & 2015 general elections (for Brent East and then Brent Central), in the 2012 London Assembly election (for Brent & Harrow), and in the 2014 European Parliament election. He is author of Why Vote Green (2010) and editor of Why Vote Green 2015 (pub. Jan 2015).

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