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Parmjit Singh (other)
Parmjit Singh is an Indian name and may refer to: *Parmjit Singh Gill, British Liberal Democrat politician *Parmjit Dhanda, Parmjit Singh Dhanda, British Labour Party politician *Peter Sandhu, Parmjit Singh "Peter" Sandu, Canadian politician *Parmjit Singh, British lawyer See also *Paramjit Singh (other) {{hndis, Singh, Parmjit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parmjit Singh Gill
Parmjit Singh Gill (born 20 December 1966) is a British Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat politician. As Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency), Leicester South from July 2004 to May 2005, he was the first ethnic minority, ethnic-minority Liberal Democrat MP. He was first elected as Liberal Democrat councillor for Leicester City Council's Stoneygate Ward, before being elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons at the 2004 Leicester South by-election, Leicester South by-election on 15 July 2004. He contested the seat again at the 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005 general election, but this time came second to the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party candidate, Sir Peter Soulsby. He continued to serve as on Stoneygate Ward until he was defeated in May 2011. He was initially selected to run as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the 2011 Leicester South by-election after So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parmjit Dhanda
Parmjit Singh Dhanda (born 17 September 1971) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester from 2001 until the 2010 general election, succeeding Tess Kingham as the Labour MP for the seat. Background Parmjit Singh Dhanda was born on 17 September 1971 in Hillingdon, West London to immigrant Indian Punjabi Sikh parents, and was brought up in Southall. His mother was a cleaner at a local hospital, whilst his father was a lorry driver. He was educated at Mellow Lane School, a state Comprehensive School in Hayes, Middlesex, before attending the University of Nottingham, where he received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1993, and an MA in information technology in 1995. Dhanda was the first ever Minister to serve in the UK Government of Indian Heritage and remains the only Sikh Minister to date. Dhanda is a British-Indian, a British-Punjabi and a British-Sikh. Dhanda is married with two children. He has been a member of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sandhu
Parmjit Singh "Peter" Sandhu is a Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Manning as a Progressive Conservative. Early life Sandhu, who grew up in a farming family, left his native India for Canada at the age of 18 in 1979, settling in the Vancouver area after marrying Kamal Sandhu. Two years later, he moved to Alberta and got a job at a steel factory. After a workplace injury in 1987 that negatively impacted his health, Peter Sandhu began building homes on the side while still working as a crane operator at the plant. For 10 years, he worked two jobs; a homebuilder and realtor by day and a crane operator by night. He later quit at the steel plant and focused on his homebuilding business, which he has now owned for 16 years. Sandhu's uncle was an elected official in India, and he credits working on one of his campaigns with sparking his interest in politics and democracy. Controversy Sandhu was un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parmjit Singh
Parmjit Singh is a British solicitor A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and ..., a partner at the international firm Eversheds LLP. Singh joined Eversheds as a trainee in 1987 and became a partner in 1997. He is head of Eversheds' Food and Drink Sector and head of India Business Group. Singh is a member of the UK India Business Council, The City UK India Group, the Food and Drink Federation and the Food Law Group. He was recommended as a leading lawyer in real estate by ''Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession and Legal 500''. References British solicitors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British people of Indian descent {{UK-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |