The Lord Kamall | |||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Kamall in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society, Heritage, Tourism and Growth | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 20 September 2022 – 28 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | The Baroness Barran[a] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Stuart Andrew (Sport, Tourism and Civil Society) The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Arts and Heritage) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technology, Innovation and Life Sciences | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 17 September 2021 – 20 September 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | The Lord Bethell | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Office abolished | ||||||||||||||||||
| Co-chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 12 June 2014 – 1 July 2019 Serving with Ryszard Legutko | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Martin Callanan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Raffaele Fitto | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 19 November 2013 – 25 November 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Richard Ashworth | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ashley Fox | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Syed Salah Kamall 15 February 1967 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Sandira Beekoo (now formally styled The Lady Kamall) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Liverpool LSE City University, London | ||||||||||||||||||
| Awards |  Life Peer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website Parliamentary website | ||||||||||||||||||
Syed Salah Kamall, Baron Kamall (born 15 February 1967) is a British politician and academic, who from September to October 2022 served in HM Government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.[1][2] He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care (2021–22).[3]
Professor of Politics and International Relations at St Mary's University, Twickenham, Lord Kamall is also the academic and research director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a classical liberal think tank based in London.
Kamall represented London as a Member of the European Parliament for the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2019, serving on the International Trade and Economic and Monetary Affairs Committees. From 2013 to 2014, Kamall served as Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, then as Leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists, from June 2014 till 2019.
In December 2020, he was nominated by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a Life Peer (cr. 28 Jan 2021).[4]
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- ^ "Lord Kamall". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ www.gov.uk
- ^ "Political Peerages 2020". Gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.