Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn

The Right Honourable The Lord Patel of Blackburn
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 14 February 2000 – 29 May 2019
Personal details
Born	(1940-06-07)7 June 1940 India
Died	29 May 2019(2019-05-29) (aged 78)
Political party	Labour

Adam Hafejee Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn (7 June 1940 – 29 May 2019) was a British businessman and Labour Member of the House of Lords.

Biography

Son of Hafejee Ismail Patel and wife Aman Hafejee, he was educated at The Pioneer High School, Bharuch, in the Indian district Gujarat, and the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce.

The retired managing director of a clothing manufacturing company, he was Director of the East Lancashire Training Enterprise Council, and Enterprise plc. He is a former President of Lancashire Council of Mosques, Vice-President of the Blackburn Community Relations Council, counsellor to the Muslim Council of Britain and chairman of the British Hajj Commission.

On 14 February 2000, he was created a Life Peer as Baron Patel of Blackburn, of Langho in the County of Lancashire. Patel is an Honorary Fellow of the Bolton Institute as well as of the University of Central Lancashire.

Lord Patel became an Honorary Patron of the leading Blackburn Rovers supporters group, The BRFC Action Group, in May 2012.

Patel was married since 1964. He had four sons and four daughters.

Patel died on 29 May 2019.

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General references

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