Shiria Khatun

Cllr
Shiria Khatun
Councillor of East India & Lansbury
in Tower Hamlets Borough
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 May 2006
Preceded by Ali Ahmed
Personal details
Born 26 August 1972
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Lutfur Rahman
Relations Mohammed Moklis (father)
Joytera Khatun (mother)
Children 4
Residence Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London, England
Occupation Charity worker
Profession Politician
Religion Islam

Shiria Khatun (born 26 August 1972) is a British Labour Party politician, councillor in the East India and Lansbury ward, Cabinet Member for Children's Services and one of the short listed mayoral candidates in Tower Hamlets.

Early life

Khatun was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. She was brought up and educated in Tower Hamlets, she attended Central Foundation Girls' School. Her parents, Haji Mohammed Moklis and Joytera Khatun came to United Kingdom in late 1950s. Both her parents died when she was a teenager. Khatun and her younger brother were brought up by their eldest sister, Jamila, and their brother-in-law, Mohammed.[1]

Career

In May 2006, in the Tower Hamlets Council election, Khatun was elected as a councillor for East India and Lansbury ward. Soon after being elected, she was appointed by the former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone as his adviser for Transport for London.[2][3] In 2010 and 2014, Khatun was re-elected in the Lansbury ward. In June 2014, she was selected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Group in Tower Hamlets.

Khatun previously chaired the council's the General Purposes Committee. She has also served as Shadow Cabinet Lead for Cleaner Greener prior to this appointment she was Cabinet Member for Children's Services. She has previously served on the Scrutiny Committees researching on underage drinking in the borough. She represents the council on many committees as well as external boards, and she is also the media and communications officer for Tower Hamlets Labour Group.[1]

She was a member of Regional Party selection panel for LG Candidates (Ealing, Newham, Haringey). She was a board member of London Pensions Fund Authority. She has worked for The Children's Society, St. Hilda's East Community Centre, Leaside Regeneration LTD managing the youth enterprise programme. She now works for Toynbee Hall.[1]

Khatun was a television presenter/researcher/scriptwriter for Bangla TV in 2005, a youth enterprise coordinator in Leaside Regeneration Ltd, a Lansbury Estate board member from 2003, a project manager in The Children's Society (Children's Voice project), a centre coordinator in Peabody Trust – The Sundial Centre, and a senior mental health care assistant in St. Clements Hospital.[1][4]

Personal life

Khatun is a Muslim[2][3][5][6] and is married with four children.[7] Her husband, Lutfur Rahman,[1] is a local businessman. Khatun is also fluent in Sylheti, Bengali and Hindi.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Karim, Mohammed Abdul; Karim, Shahadoth (October 2010). British Bangladeshi Who's Who (PDF). British Bangla Media Group. p. 74. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jeory, Ted (7 March 2010). "Muslim Leader's Death Threat Calls Over Dress". The Sunday Express. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "UK: Muslim Woman Politician Gets Death Threats from Other Muslims Over Dress". London: Real Courage. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Another selection, another ethnic minority MP? The H&WG selection". The Multicultural Politic. 5 February 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Taher, Abul (8 March 2010). "Muslim councillor defies hate campaign after death threats over 'western' appearance". London: London Evening Standard. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  6. ↑ Gerhard, Jan (9 March 2010). "Muslim councillor Shiria Khatun of Tower Hamlets claims that she has been forced to change the way she dresses after receiving death threats over her ‘western’ style appearance". Total Politics. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  7. ↑ Kennedy, Dominic (5 March 2010). "Tower Hamlets Labour candidates register extra voters to their homes". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

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