Syed Kamall
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| Succeeded by | Raffaele Fitto | ||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 19 November 2013 – 25 November 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Richard Ashworth | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ashley Fox | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Syed Salah Kamall 15 February 1967 Life Peer | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website Parliamentary website | ||||||||||||||||
Syed Salah Kamall, Baron Kamall (born 15 February 1967) is a British
Kamall represented
In December 2020, he was nominated by Prime Minister
Biography
Kamall was born in
Educated atEarly career
Kamall started his career as a business systems analyst for
Before entering the European Parliament, Kamall worked as a consultant to companies on marketing, strategy and public affairs. In 2003, he started a diversity recruitment business. He is a co-founder of the Global Business Research Institute (GBRI),[9] an educational body conducting outreach to business executives, journalists and civil servants, promoting a greater understanding of globalisation and its consequences.
Political career
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Kamall has been a member of the Conservatives since 1987 and has held various positions in the party since then: Chairman, Stockwell Ward, Vauxhall Conservative Association; Hon. Secretary, Bath Conservative Association CPC; Chairman, Eccleston Ward, and Chairman, Eccleston/Churchill CPC, Cities of London and Westminster Conservative Association; Executive Member, London Eastern Area Committee.
In May 2000, Kamall was a Conservative Candidate for the London Assembly. The following year, he was Conservative candidate for West Ham in the June 2001 General Election. He was placed fourth on the Conservative list in London for the 2004 European Parliament elections. The Conservatives won three seats and Kamall became a Member of the European Parliament in May 2005, after Theresa Villiers stepped down on being elected as an MP to the UK Parliament. In the European Parliament, he served on the Economic and Monetary Affairs, Legal Affairs and International Trade committees.
Kamall was placed on the "
He is also a contributor to the
In 2016, Kamall backed voting to leave the European Union in the run up to the Brexit referendum.[12]
In October 2018, during a debate in which Udo Bullmann, the German leader of the Socialists and Democrats Group linked the political right to extremism, Kamall responded by saying that Nazis were National Socialists who followed left wing policies. There was an angry reaction from the Left and he apologised for any offence caused. However, he was angered himself when Udo Bullmann, issued a press release which falsely accused Kamall of calling the S&D Nazis.[13][14][15]
In the 2019 European Parliament election, Syed Kamall lost his European Parliamentary seat.[16]
Prime Minister
On 17 September 2021, Lord Kamall was appointed
He was chosen to present the Royal Armills to the King at the 2023 Coronation.[20]
Publications
In 1996, Kamall wrote a book on EU telecommunications policy,[21] and has written on multinational business and telecommunications policy for such books as Management in China: The Experience of Foreign Businesses; Trade and Investment in China: The European Experience; Political and Economic Relations Between Asia and Europe: New Challenges in Economics and Management, and in such journals as Management International Review and Transnational Corporations.
Personal life
Kamall follows Islam,[6] and, in 1997, married Sandira Bye Beekoo,[22] a fellow Conservative.[23]
After leaving the European Parliament, Syed Kamall became the Academic and Research Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Professor of International Relations and Politics at St Mary's University, Twickenham.[24][25]
A keen player of the bass guitar, Kamall sang in a blues band called "Exiled in Brussels", with Latvian MEP Roberts Zīle.[26]
See also
- Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2004–2009
- Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2009–2014
- House of Lords
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Notes
- ^ Office vacant since 2021.
References
- ^ "Lord Kamall". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ www.gov.uk
- ^ "Political Peerages 2020". Gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Interview: Syed Kamall MEP – "I would prefer people to have a choice, personally. I don't see why we need a shortlist."". Conservative Home. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ Kingston Euro MP Syed Kamall tells of terrifying Indian ordeal Archived 4 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine This Is Local London.
- ^ "Syed Kamall, Dr., ex-MEP | OBV". www.obv.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "www.gbri.org". Archived from the original on 18 June 2006.
- ^ "ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog: Who is on the A-list?". conservativehome.blogs.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2006.
- ^ "Syed Kamall | The Cobden Centre". 7 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Tory MEP Syed Kamall: I'm backing Brexit | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard". 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Tory sorry after socialism 'Nazis' remark". BBC News. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Conservative causes uproar in EU Parliament for Nazi comment". The Washington Times. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "'You idiot!' Moment Tory MEP faces chorus of abuse for claiming Hitler 'was a socialist'". 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Jeremy Hunt fears for Tory party's future after election disaster". Evening Standard. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Boris Johnson overrides watchdog to hand Lords seat to Tory donor who backed his leadership bid". Sky News. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Crown Office". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Kamall, Syed (1 July 1996). Telecommunications Policy. Cartermill International. ASIN 1860671101.
- ^ www.burkespeerage.com
- ^ "Sandira Beekoo". Kingston and Surbiton Conservatives. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Professor Syed Kamall". Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Professor Syed Kamall". St Mary’s University, Twickenham. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ Exiled in Brussels - Blue Jeans (BILDES 2017), retrieved 6 April 2023
External links
- www.syedkamall.com
- www.conservatives.com – Syed Kamall
- Profile at the European Parliament
- "European multinational activity in telecommunications services in the People’s Republic of China" (J Clegg, S Kamall, M Leung, Management International Review, 1996.)
- www.globalisation.eu
- www.kingstonconservatives.com
- www.uklibertyleague.org
- www.cityam.com
- www.parliament.uk