Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh OBE WS NP MP |
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| SNP Spokesperson on Trade and Investment | |
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Assumed office 13 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of Parliament for Ochil and South Perthshire |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Gordon Banks |
| Majority | 10,168 (17.6%) |
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Tasmina Andalib Rizvi 5 October 1970 Chelsea, London, England |
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Conservative Party (Before 2000) Labour Party (2000) Scottish National Party (2000–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Zulfikar Sheikh |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
University of Edinburgh University of Strathclyde |
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh OBE WS NP (born 5 October 1970) is a Scottish politician. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ochil and South Perthshire since May 2015, and is currently the Scottish National Party Trade and Investment spokesperson and Deputy Shadow Leader of the House in the House of Commons. A solicitor and businessperson, and a former actress, Ahmed-Sheikh founded and formerly chaired the Scottish Asian Women's Association.
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh was born in Chelsea, London in 1970, and raised in Edinburgh. Her mother is a half-Welsh, half-Czech actress who performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company; her father, of Pakistani origin, was the first councillor of Asian background elected in Scotland—in 1986 for the New Town/Stockbridge ward on Lothian Regional Council, representing the Conservative Party. Ahmed-Sheikh was educated at Craigmount High School, George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh (MA) and the University of Strathclyde (LLB & Postgraduate Diploma in Law).
After graduating in law, whilst on honeymoon in Pakistan she decided to try acting. Playing parts in drama serials, she starred in the Pakistani drama series Des Pardes and also appeared in The Castle: Aik Umeed. These led to a series of local modelling shoots, and starring in a music video for the song Aansoo sung by Ali Azmat.
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