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-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Died | 16 June 2020 (aged 74) Newport, Wales[1] |
| Political party | Welsh Conservatives |
| Other political affiliations | Plaid Cymru (until 2009) Welsh Labour (mid 1990s) |
| Children | Natasha Asghar |
| Website | www.mohammadasghar.org.uk |
Mohammad Asghar (30 September 1945[2] – 16 June 2020),[3] known as Oscar,[1] was a Welsh politician who was a Member of the Senedd for South Wales East. He was a member of the Welsh Conservatives, and previously of Welsh Labour, and Plaid Cymru.
He came to prominence after being elected to the Welsh Assembly in 2007 as a member of Plaid Cymru on the list for South Wales East.[4] He was the first ethnic minority and Muslim Member of the Welsh Assembly,[5] as well as the first Assembly Member who was a member of a political party to defect to another party.[6]
- ^ a b "Conservative MS Mohammad Asghar has died after being rushed to hospital". ITV News. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
The Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed they were called to an 'emergency' in Newport on Tuesday morning.
- ^ "ASGHAR, Mohammad". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black / Oxford University Press. 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
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- ^ "First ethnic minority AM elected". BBC News, 4 May 2007
- ^ "Plaid Assembly Member joins Welsh Conservatives". Welsh Conservatives. 8 December 2009.