Abjol Miah: Difference between revisions

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| honorific-prefix = [[Councillor|Cllr]]

| name = Abjol Miah

| native_name = আবজল মিয়া

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| office = Chairman of the [[Respect Party]]

| term_start = 6 May 2006

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| office1 = Councillor for Shadwell Ward in Tower Hamlets Borough

| term_start1 = 4 May 2006

| term_end1 = 6 May 2010

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|12|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Sylhet District]], [[Sylhet Division]], [[Bangladesh]]

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| nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]

| party = [[Respect Party|Respect]]

| spouse = Shazeda Khanom

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| children = 4

| residence = [[Bow, London|Bow]], [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]], [[London]], [[England]]

| alma_mater = [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths University]]

| occupation = [[Youth worker]]

| profession = [[Politician]]

| religion = [[Islam]]

| website = {{URL|http://www.abjolmiah.com/}}

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'''Abjol Miah''' ({{lang-bn|আবজল মিয়া}}; born 15 December 1971) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician]], Chairman of the [[Respect Party]] and former [[councillor]] for the [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]].

==Early life==

Miah was born in [[Sylhet District]], [[Bangladesh]]. His family moved to [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]], [[London]], [[England]] when he was six months old, where he has lived since.<ref name="socialistunity">{{cite news |last=Newman|first=Andy|url=http://www.socialistunity.com/abjol-miah-for-bethnal-green-and-bow/|title=Abjol Miah for Bethnal Green and Bow|work= |location= |publisher=''Socialist Unity''|date=28 March 2010|accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref>

Miah attended [[Morpeth School]]. He read [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] [[Social Anthropology]] and Sociology at [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths]], [[University of London]].<ref name="socialistunity"/>

==Political career==

In May 2006,<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news |last=Ryan|first=Nick|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/10/race.features|title=Alien nations|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=10 December 2006|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> Miah was elected councillor for the [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]] and Chairman of the [[Respect Party]]. He is a member of the Respect National Committee. He currently sits on Tower Hamlets Overview Scrutiny Committee and made contribution on the Strategic Development and Development Committee.<ref name="socialistunity"/><ref name="eastlondonadvertiser">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/tower_hamlets_mayoral_campaign_why_respect_s_abjol_miah_backs_lutfur_rahman_1_660332|title=Tower Hamlets mayoral campaign: Why Respect’s Abjol Miah backs Lutfur Rahman|work= |location=London|publisher=''[[Docklands and East London Advertiser|East London Advertiser]]''|date=30 September 2010|accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="eastlondonnews">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.eastlondonnews.co.uk/abjol-miah-elected-national-chair-of-respect/|title=Abjol Miah Elected National Chair of Respect|work= |location=London|publisher=''East London News''|date=21 January 2010|accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref>

In 2010, Miah stood as the Respect [[Prospective parliamentary candidate|parliamentary candidate]] in [[Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)|Bethnal Green and Bow constituency]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]].<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/respect-religion-race-and-the-battle-for-tower-hamlets-1956154.html|title=Respect, Religion, Race and the battle for Tower Hamlets|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=28 April 2010|accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref> He came third receiving 8,532 votes (16.8%), [[Liberal Democrats]]' [[Ajmal Masroor]] came second with 10,210 votes (20.1%) and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate [[Rushanara Ali]] won with 21,784 votes (42.9%).<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a26.stm|title=Election 2010|work= |location= |publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=6 May 2010|accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="thedailystar">{{cite news |last=Ullah|first=Ansar Ahmed|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/07/01/interview.htm|title=An exclusive interview with Britain's first lawmaker of Bengali origin|work= |location=Bangladesh|publisher=''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]''|date=2 July 2010|accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref>

==Other work==

Since the mid-1990s, Miah has been a youth and community worker with [[Tower Hamlets Council]], he has five years experience working with voluntary sector community organisations, two years as a drug prevention education officer for Healthy Schools and three years working at the Drug Action Team.<ref name="bbwhoswho09">{{cite book |last1=Karim|first1=Mohammed Abdul|last2=Karim|first2=Shahadoth|title=British Bangladeshi Who's Who|url=http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/whoswho_09.pdf|date=October 2009|publisher=British Bangla Media Group|page=85|isbn= |accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref>

Miah was the founding chair of Tower Hamlets Muslim Advisory Group to the [[Metropolitan Police Service|Metropolitan Police]] Borough Commander, as well as serving in other community organisation boards. Miah is involved in various voluntary organisation in the borough. He has led campaigns including defending council housing and tackling over crowding, opposing drug dealing, poverty, justice for the [[Palestinian people|people of Palestine]], [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]] and [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], racism as well as other issues.<ref name="bbwhoswho09"/>

Miah is a presenter of local radio show ''Easy Talk''. He is also a martial arts instructor.<ref name="socialistunity"/>

==Personal life==

Miah is a [[Muslim]]<ref name="independent"/><ref name="aljazeera">{{cite news |last=Chowdhury|first=Shamim|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/focus/britishelection/2010/04/2010429143531342983.html|title=London Bangladeshis aim for top job|work= |location=Qatar|publisher=''[[Al Jazeera]]''|date=3 May 2010|accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref> and lives in [[Bow, London|Bow]]<ref name="socialistunity"/> with his wife Shazeda Khanom, two daughters and two sons.<ref name="bbwhoswho09"/>

Miah has helped raise funds for [[May 1997 Bangladesh cyclone|cyclone]] victims in Bangladesh and worked with [[Viva Palestina]] to give aid to people in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]].<ref name="socialistunity"/>

==See also==

*[[British Bangladeshi]]

*[[List of British Bangladeshis]]

*[[List of ethnic minority British politicians]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*{{Official website|http://www.abjolmiah.com/}}

*{{Twitter|Abjol_Miah|Abjol Miah}}

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| NAME = Miah, Abjol

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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British politician

| DATE OF BIRTH = 25 December 1971

| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Sylhet District]], [[Sylhet Division]], [[Bangladesh]]

| DATE OF DEATH =

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