Английская Википедия:Afzal Khan (British politician)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Mohammed Afzal Khan, Шаблон:Post-nominals (Шаблон:Lang-ur; born 5 April 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Gorton since 2017.
He was formerly Lord Mayor of Manchester for 2005–2006, and served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2014 to 2017.
Early life
Khan was born in Pakistan and came to the UK aged 11. After leaving school without qualifications, he had a number of jobs, including as a Greater Manchester Police constable, before returning to education and qualifying as a solicitor.[1]
Political career
Local government
Khan was first elected a Labour councillor in 2000,[2] being re-elected in 2004, 2007 and 2011, representing Cheetham Ward. He served as Executive Member for Children's Services.[3][4]
Khan became the first Muslim Lord Mayor of Manchester, taking the position for 2005–2006.[1][5][6][7][8]
In 2010, Khan was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his race relations work.Шаблон:Fact
In 2011, Khan was suggested as a candidate for Oldham East and Saddleworth. In 2012, he was a potential candidate for the Bradford West by-election but lost the nomination to Imran Hussain, who was defeated by Respect Party candidate, George Galloway.
European Parliament
Khan was selected in February 2013 on the Labour Party's list for North West England at the European Parliamentary election of 2014[9] and, on 22 May 2014, he was returned as MEP to the European Parliament to represent North West England.
In January 2016, Khan was appointed by the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament as Special Representative to Muslim Communities.[10] In this function, Khan visited Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Denmark for work with local Muslim communities and invited groups of young Muslims to the Parliament.[11]
Afzal Khan has held boardroom discussions with Air France and Lufthansa.
Parliamentary career
In March 2017, he applied to be Labour's candidate in the 2017 Manchester Gorton by-election[12] and was officially selected on 22 March.[13] During the by-election, he said "I condemn the statements made by Ken Livingstone and I believe there is no place for anti-Semitism in the Labour Party." He added, "I have been a lifelong campaigner against racism and anti-Semitism. In 2008, I was awarded a CBE in part for my work encouraging greater understanding between Muslims and Jews. I intend to continue this work if I am elected as MP for Manchester Gorton."[14]
The by-election was cancelled following the dissolution of Parliament for the early general election on 8 June 2017.[15] Khan was again selected as the Labour candidate for the general election and was elected, becoming Manchester's first Muslim MP.[16] In July 2017, Khan was appointed Shadow Immigration Minister.[17][18]
In July 2019, Khan apologised for having shared on Facebook two years earlier a video of American comedian Jon Stewart talking about Benjamin Netanyahu. The text under the video referred to an "Israel-British-Swiss-Rothschilds crime syndicate" and "mass murdering Rothschilds Israeli mafia criminal liars". Khan said he was "mortified", adding "I didn't read the text below, which contained an anti-Semitic conspiracy about the Rothschilds. I would never have shared it if I had seen that".[19]
In the September 2023 shadow cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Exports.[20] One month later he resigned from the frontbench to vote for a SNP motion demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.[21]
Other roles
From 2000 to 2004, Khan was a member of the Department of Trade and Industry's Ethnic Minority Business Forum,[22] advising the then Secretary of State, Patricia Hewitt.
Following the 2005 London bombings, he became a member of a Home Office working group aimed at preventing extremism.[23]
He has also served as Assistant Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Britain[24] and is its North West representative.[25][26]
He is a co-founder of the Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester.[8]
He was served as parliamentary chair for the Labour Muslim Network from August 2020 to 2022.[27]
Other events
In March 2018, Khan received a suspicious package containing an anti-Islamic letter and sticky liquid. The substance was later found to be harmless. Similar packages were received by fellow Labour MPs Mohammad Yasin, Rushanara Ali and Rupa Huq.[28][29]
Personal life
Khan's daughter, Maryam Khan, was a councillor on Manchester City Council, for Longsight.[30]
See also
References
External links
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