Anood Al-Samerai is a British Southwark based councillor for British political party, the Liberal Democrats and leader of Southwark's Liberal Democrat Group.

Early life

Born in Southwark, London to an Iraqi father and an

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mother. Al-Samerai had lived in

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prior to reaching the age of ten with both her parents until she later moved to

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due to the occurrence of the first

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Career

From 2004, Al-Samerai managed the Liberal Democrats MP

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office, with previous experience working within the British public sector including work for

Guy's Hospital Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre. ...

, as well as working abroad in orphanages both in

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and

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. She has also served as councillor in Southwark since

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. She was the Lib Dem Candidate for Ilford South in the 2010 General Election, finishing 3rd with 8,679 votes (17.0% of the total). In May 2010 she was elected Lib Dem group leader after the 2010 election, with Paul Noblet as her Deputy. She continued in that role after 2014 election.

References

External links

Official Cllr Anood Al-Samerai Webpage

Anood Al-Samerai Official Page at Openly Local

Anood Al-Samerai PPC for Ilford South Profile
Living people Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors Councillors in the London Borough of Southwark English people of Iraqi descent British politicians of Iraqi descent Year of birth missing (living people) Women councillors in England {{UK-politician-stub