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toubab1020
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 Posted - 13 May 2010 : 12:44:01
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OK Not a Gambian, but a woman and a Muslim. and yes she has had a hard time of it in the past in UK,( I expect some posters will be pleased to add to this posting as they appear to like "discussions" that are contraversial and act as devils advocates )but now she has been recognised as being an essential part of British politics, and a part of the cleaner improved politics that the UK people have voted for in the General election.Any discussion on this ,I wonder, We shall see 
Sayeeda Warsi
Minister without Portfolio & Chairman of the Conservative Party
Tel: 0207 984 8164 /
Email: Sayeeda.Warsi@conservatives.com / Web: www.sayeedawarsi.com
Sayeeda is a leading campaigner for awareness and stronger legislation on issues like forced marriages, female genital mutilation and the chewing of Khat.
She has been politically involved from her early college days when she was elected as the Vice President of the Students Union at Dewsbury College. Sayeeda is a member of David Cameron's Shadow Cabinet, a former Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party and adviser to Michael Howard MP.
She has always had a keen interest in racial justice issues. She was instrumental in the launch of Operation Black Vote in West Yorkshire in 1996 and was for many years an executive member of the Kirklees Racial Equality Council. She is also a member of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust's Racial Justice Committee and regularly represents them at national conferences.
Sayeeda was born in Dewsbury in 1971. She was educated at Birkdale High School and Dewsbury College, and then the University of Leeds where she read Law (LLB). She attended the York College of Law to complete her Legal Practice Course and trained with both the Crown Prosecution Service and the Home Office Immigration Department.
After qualifying as a Solicitor, she worked for John Whitfield, the last Conservative Member of Parliament for Dewsbury, at Whitfield Hallam Goodall Solicitors and then went on to set up her own specialist practice, George Warsi Solicitors in Dewsbury.
Sayeeda has worked overseas on a research project for the Ministry of Law in Pakistan and is currently chair of the Savayra Foundation, a women’s empowerment charity based in Pakistan.
POSITIONS HELD:
Community Relations Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition, June 2004 – June 2005
Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, June 2005 – July 2007
Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion & Social Action, July 2007 – May 2010
Shadow Minister for Sheffield, Aug 2007 – May 2010
Minister without Portfolio & Chairman of the Conservative Party, May 2010 -
PROUDEST POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENT:
In December 2007, Sayeeda successfully represented her country and secured the release of British teacher Gillian Gibbons in Sudan.
INTERESTS OUTSIDE OF POLITICS:
Theatre
Music
Family
Food
FAMILY LIFE:
One child - Aamna
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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