Nadia Shah ( bn, নদিয়া শাহ) is a

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politician,

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for

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and former Mayor of Camden. In May 2016, she became the first female mayor of British Bangladeshi heritage. She was elected onto Camden councils cabinet after stepping down as Mayor. She became a cabinet member and held the portfolio of Skills, Employment & Youth and is currently serving as the cabinet member for 'Safer Communities'with special responsibility for rough sleeping and creating vibrant markets.

Early life

Shah was born and brought up in Camden, London, England where has lived with her parents and three sisters. She attended school in Camden and graduated from the

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. Shah's ancestral home is at

Kulaura Upazila Kulaura ( bn, কুলাউড়া) is the biggest upazila (subdistrict) of the Moulvibazar District in north-eastern Bangladesh. The total area of this upazila is 545 km2. Hakaluki Haor, the largest marsh wetland in Sylhet and one of the ...

Moulvibazar District Moulvibazar ( bn, মৌলভীবাজার) also spelled Maulvibazar, Moulavibazar, and Maulavibazar, (former South Sylhet) is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It i ...

, Bangladesh.

Career

Shah worked in Camden for all of her working life. She started her career as an investments adviser at

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Bank of England. She also worked at Home Office and several departments of the local and central government of Britain. Shah has been employed as a social worker and a youth worker. As a teenager she volunteered with young people in the borough, and she has managed community projects helping people with drug addiction and a community centre as a project manager. She became a coopted trustee for the Surma centre (the largest organisation working for the Bangladeshi community) and then went on to become an elected director. She is a trustee of the Business Improvement District and a governor in schools, a lifelong member of the London Mayors Association, and a trustee of the West Euston Partnership. In May 2014, in the Camden London Borough Council election, Shah was elected as a councillor for the Regent's Park ward, where

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was a councillor before becoming MP in 2015. In 2014, she was elected by members and served on the executive committee of the council. In May 2016, Shah was appointed Mayor of Camden at

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in a ceremony which also saw confirmation of the council's new cabinet. She became the first Bangladeshi-origin female mayor in any city in the UK. Shah chose the

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in Hampstead as her official charity for the forthcoming year. Shah currently works in the family business and is also self-employed.

Awards

In 2014, Shah received the Camden Community Award in recognition for the work and dedication for the work done with the community. In November 2016, she picked up the inaugural

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Community Partnership Award on behalf of Camden Council.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Nadia 1979 births Living people Date of birth missing (living people) English Muslims English people of Bangladeshi descent Labour Party (UK) councillors Councillors in the London Borough of Camden Mayors of places in Greater London British politicians of Bangladeshi descent English social workers People from the London Borough of Camden Alumni of the University of Greenwich People from Kulaura Upazila Women councillors in England Women mayors of places in England

Early life

Career

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