Mohammad Asghar
Mohammad Asghar (30 September 1945[1] – 16 June 2020)[2] known as Oscar,[3] was a Welsh politician. He was a member of the Welsh Conservative Party, and of the Welsh Labour Party, and Plaid Cymru. He was elected to the Welsh Assembly in 2007 as a member of Plaid Cymru on the list for South Wales East.[4]
Mohammad Asghar | |
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.jpg) Mohammad Asghar, June 2016 | |
| Member of the Senedd for South Wales East | |
| In office 3 May 2007 – 16 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Laura Anne Jones |
| Succeeded by | Laura Anne Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1945 Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, British India (Now in Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Died | 16 June 2020 (aged 74) Newport, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Welsh Conservative Party |
| Other political affiliations | Plaid Cymru (until 2009) Welsh Labour Party (mid 1990s) |
| Website | www.mohammadasghar.org.uk |
He is best known for being the first ethnic minority and Muslim Member of the Senedd,[5] and being the first Assembly Member who was a member of a political party to defect to another party.[6]
Asghar died on 16 June 2020 after being rushed to hospital in Newport, Wales earlier in the day, aged 74.[2]
References
- ↑ "ASGHAR, Mohammad, "Who's Who 2009"". A & C Black, 2008. Online ed., Oxford: OUP. 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Welsh Conservative MS Mohammad Asghar has died aged 74. Western Mail. 16 June 2020. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/mohammad-asghar-dies-conservatives-senedd-18433249.
- ↑ "Mohammed Asghar AM". National Assembly for Wales. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ↑ Labour given a bloody nose icWales, 4 May 2007
- ↑ First ethnic minority AM elected BBC News, 4 May 2007
- ↑ "Plaid Assembly Member joins Welsh Conservatives". Welsh Conservative Party. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2020.