Anas Sarwar | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Scottish Labour Party | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 27 February 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Jackie Baillie | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK party leader | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Richard Leonard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Acting 24 October 2014 – 13 December 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| UK party leader | Ed Miliband | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Johann Lamont | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jim Murphy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 17 December 2011 – 13 December 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Johann Lamont | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Johann Lamont | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Kezia Dugdale | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shadow Minister for International Development | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 November 2014 – 8 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Ed Miliband | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Alison McGovern | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mike Kane | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Scottish Labour portfolios | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 March 1983 Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Scottish Labour & Co-operative | ||||||||||||||||||
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Furheen Ashrif (m. 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Mohammad Sarwar (father) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Hutchesons' Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | anassarwar | ||||||||||||||||||
Anas Sarwar (born 14 March 1983) is a Scottish Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2021. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since 2016, having been Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Central from 2010 to 2015.
Born in Glasgow to Pakistani Muslim parents, Sarwar was privately educated at the independent Hutchesons' Grammar School and studied general dentistry at the University of Glasgow. He worked in Paisley as a dentist until being elected as Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central at the 2010 general election when he succeeded his retiring father, Chaudhry Sarwar. During his time in the House of Commons, he served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2011 to 2014.
Sarwar lost his seat to the Scottish National Party (SNP) at the 2015 general election. He was elected at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election on the Glasgow regional list. Having been defeated in the 2017 Scottish Labour leadership election by Richard Leonard, he was elected as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party in the 2021 leadership election. Sarwar led Scottish Labour into the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, which saw Scottish Labour remain in opposition with two fewer Labour MSPs than at the previous election. He was defeated by incumbent First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow Southside but was returned on the Glasgow regional list.