Dolar Popat

The Lord Popat
Official portrait, 2023
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
9 January 2013 – 7 May 2015
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byThe Viscount Younger of Leckie
Succeeded byThe Earl of Courtown
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
4 February 2013
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Dolar Amarshi Popat

(1953-06-14) 14 June 1953 (age 71)
Busolwe, Uganda
Political partyConservative
SpouseLady Sandhya Popat
Children3, including Paavan Popat
Residence(s)Stanmore, London
Alma materKilburn Polytechnic
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
WebsiteOfficial website

Dolar Amarshi Popat, Baron Popat (born 14 June 1953) is a Ugandan-British politician, accountant, businessman and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords.

He became a Member of the House of Lords in July 2010 and is the first Gujarati to represent the Conservative Party in the upper house. From January 2013 to March 2015 he served as a Minister of the Crown at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, and the Department for Transport. He was Lord-in-Waiting, with the duties of a party whip. He was subsequently appointed as the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Rwanda and Uganda in January 2016.