Syed Kamall

The Lord Kamall
Kamall in 2015
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society, Heritage, Tourism and Growth
In office
20 September 2022 – 28 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byThe Baroness Barran[a]
Succeeded byStuart 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 MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byThe Lord Bethell
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Co-chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists
In office
12 June 2014 – 1 July 2019
Serving with Ryszard Legutko
Preceded byMartin Callanan
Succeeded byRaffaele Fitto
Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament
In office
19 November 2013 – 25 November 2014
Preceded byRichard Ashworth
Succeeded byAshley Fox
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Assumed life peerage
11 February 2021
Member of the European Parliament
for London
In office
5 May 2005 – 1 July 2019
Preceded byTheresa Villiers
Succeeded byLance Forman
Personal details
Born
Syed Salah Kamall

(1967-02-15) 15 February 1967 (age 57)
London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Sandira Beekoo
(now formally styled The Lady Kamall)
EducationUniversity of Liverpool
LSE
City University, London
Awards Life Peer
WebsiteOfficial 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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  1. ^ "Lord Kamall". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. ^ www.gov.uk
  4. ^ "Political Peerages 2020". Gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.