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Yasmin Qureshi
MP
Yasmin Qureshi MP
Member of Parliament; for Bolton South East
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Brian Iddon
Personal details
Born	Circa 1963; Pakistan
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Website	yasminqureshi.org.uk

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Yasmin Qureshi is a British Labour politician and criminal barrister, who was elected the Member of Parliament for Bolton South East at the May 2010 general election^[1].

Qureshi was born in Pakistan and moved to the UK when she was nine^[1]. She stood, unsuccessfully, for the London constituency of Brent East in 2005^[1].

She and Shabana Mahmood, elected at the same time, are the United Kingdom's first female Muslim MPs^[1]. She has worked as a human rights advisor to the former London mayor Ken Livingstone^[1] and previously headed the criminal legal section of the UN Mission in Kosovo^[1].

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "General election 2010: first female Muslim MPs elected". 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-07. {{cite web}}: Text "Politics" ignored (help); Text "guardian.co.uk" ignored (help)

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Preceded by Brian Iddon	Member of Parliament for Bolton South East 2010–present	Incumbent

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