Hibaq Jama ( so, Xibaaq Jaamac, ar, هيباق جامع) is a
Somali-
British
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politician. She is a
Labour Party Ward
Councillor
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Canada
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representing the
Lawrence Hill
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neighbourhood in
Bristol
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.
Jama was elected to office in May 2013, becoming the city's first Somali councillor.
References
External links
Labour Bristol - Hibaq Jama
Living people
English people of Somali descent
Ethnic Somali people
Somalian politicians
Somalian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Councillors in Bristol
Labour Party (UK) councillors
Year of birth missing (living people)
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