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Mohammad Asghar | |
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| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Laura Anne Jones |
| Constituency | South Wales East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 Peshawar, British Raj (now Pakistan) |
| Nationality |  Great Britain |
| Political party | Plaid Cymru |
| Website | http://plaidcymru.org/content.php?nID=325;lID=1 |
Mohammad Asghar, AM (born 30 September 1945)[1] is a Welsh politician. Representing Plaid Cymru, he won election to the Welsh Assembly in 2007 on the list for South Wales East.[2] He is the first ethnic minority and Muslim member of the Assembly.[3]
Born in Peshawar in British India (now in Pakistan), he gained a BA from Peshawar University[1] before moving 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, representing Victoria ward on Newport City Council.[4] He has also stood for the party in general elections. His daughter, Natasha Asghar, also stood as Plaid Cymru candidate in the 2007 Elections.[5]
On 19 October 2007, Asghar escaped death as a terrorist explosion in Karachi, Pakistan killed 130 others.[6] Asghar was in the motorcade, and about 35 meters from Benazir Bhutto's vehicle.[6] Asghar had accompanied Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, on her return there from exile.[6]
References
- ^ a b “ASGHAR, Mohammad.” In Who's Who 2009. London: A & C Black, 2008. Online ed., Oxford: OUP, 2008. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U246474 (accessed January 4, 2009).
- ^ Labour given a bloody nose icWales, 4 May 2007
- ^ First ethnic minority AM elected BBC News, 4 May 2007
- ^ Gwent politician survives bomb attack, South Wales Argus, 19 October 2007.
- ^ Young Candidates, Plaid Cymru
- ^ a b c AM speaks of Bhutto bomb horror, BBC Wales, 19 October, [[2007]
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