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'''Mohammad Asghar''' (born 1945) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] politician. Representing [[Plaid Cymru]], he won election to the [[National Assembly for Wales|Welsh Assembly]] in 2007 on the list for [[South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|South Wales East]]. <ref>[http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/southwalesecho/news/tm_headline=labour-given-a-bloody-nose&method=full&objectid=19045469&siteid=50082-name_page.html Labour given a bloody nose] icWales, 4 May 2007</ref> He is the first ethnic minority member of the Assembly. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6622925.stm First ethnic minority AM elected] BBC News, 4 May 2007</ref> |
'''Mohammad Asghar''' (born 1945) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] politician. Representing [[Plaid Cymru]], he won election to the [[National Assembly for Wales|Welsh Assembly]] in 2007 on the list for [[South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|South Wales East]]. <ref name="South Wales East">[http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/southwalesecho/news/tm_headline=labour-given-a-bloody-nose&method=full&objectid=19045469&siteid=50082-name_page.html Labour given a bloody nose] icWales, 4 May 2007</ref> He is the first ethnic minority member of the Assembly. <ref name="First ethnic AM">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6622925.stm First ethnic minority AM elected] BBC News, 4 May 2007</ref> |
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Born in [[Peshawar]] in [[British India]] (now in [[Pakistan]]), Asghar moved to Wales in order to complete a course in accountancy in [[Newport]]. After becoming involved in politics, he became the Party’s Regional Coordinator, member of the National Executive Committee and was Wales’ first Muslim councillor. He has also stood for the party in [[Elections in the United Kingdom|general elections]]. |
Born in [[Peshawar]] in [[British India]] (now in [[Pakistan]]), Asghar moved to Wales in order to complete a course in accountancy in [[Newport]]. After becoming involved in politics, he became the Party’s Regional Coordinator, member of the National Executive Committee and was Wales’ first Muslim councillor. He has also stood for the party in [[Elections in the United Kingdom|general elections]]. His daughter, Natasha Asghar, also stood as [[Plaid Cymru]] candidate in the 2007 Elections. <ref name="Natasha Asghar">[http://www.youngwales.plaidcymru.org/content.php?nID=462;lID=1 Young Candidates] Plaid Cymru</ref> |
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Asghar was in the convoy accompanying former [[Pakistan]]i Prime Minister [[Benazir Bhutto]] when it was hit by a carbomb on [[18 October]] [[2007]]; he was unhurt.<ref name="Bhutto bombing">"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7052236.stm AM uninjured in Bhutto bomb blast]", [[BBC News online]], 19 October 2007.</ref> |
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His daughter, Natasha Asghar, also stood as [[Plaid Cymru]] candidate in the 2007 Elections. <ref>[http://www.youngwales.plaidcymru.org/content.php?nID=462;lID=1 Young Candidates] Plaid Cymru</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 08:56, 19 October 2007
Mohammad Asghar (born 1945) is a Welsh politician. Representing Plaid Cymru, he won election to the Welsh Assembly in 2007 on the list for South Wales East. [1] He is the first ethnic minority member of the Assembly. [2]
Born in Peshawar in British India (now in Pakistan), Asghar moved to Wales in order to complete a course in accountancy in Newport. After becoming involved in politics, he became the Party’s Regional Coordinator, member of the National Executive Committee and was Wales’ first Muslim councillor. He has also stood for the party in general elections. His daughter, Natasha Asghar, also stood as Plaid Cymru candidate in the 2007 Elections. [3]
Asghar was in the convoy accompanying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto when it was hit by a carbomb on 18 October 2007; he was unhurt.[4]
References
- ^ Labour given a bloody nose icWales, 4 May 2007
- ^ First ethnic minority AM elected BBC News, 4 May 2007
- ^ Young Candidates Plaid Cymru
- ^ "AM uninjured in Bhutto bomb blast", BBC News online, 19 October 2007.
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