Hanzala Malik

Hanzala Shaheed Malik (born 26 November 1956) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region from 2011 until 2016.[1]

Hanzala Malik
Malik in 2011
Deputy Convener of the European and External Relations Committee
In office
14 June 2011 – 5 May 2016
ConvenerChristina McKelvie
Preceded bySandra White
Succeeded byJoan McAlpine
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Glasgow
(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office
6 May 2011 – 5 May 2016
Personal details
Born (1956-11-26) 26 November 1956
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Political partyScottish Labour Party
Alma materUniversity of Paisley

Biography

Hanzala Malik was born in Glasgow and gained a BSc degree in Computing with Business Administration from the University of Paisley. Prior to working in politics, he worked in both the private and public sector including serving as a police special constable and member of the Territorial Army.

Malik was a Glasgow City Councillor for the one-member ward of Hillhead from 1995 to 2007, then as one of four in the larger multi-member of the same name from 2007 to 2012. In his role as a councillor, Malik was a member of council committees which included Education, Development and Regeneration, Finance, Housing, Licensing, Policy and Resources.

Malik was elected as a Labour MSP for the Glasgow region in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election (he declined to vacate his council seat until elections the following year, despite a by-election already being arranged for the ward after the death of another councillor).[2] After standing down at the election in May 2016, he was re-elected as a Glasgow City councillor, again for Hillhead, in May 2017.

Malik is mixed-race; his father was born in Pakistan and his mother was born in Scotland. He has been married for over thirty years and has two children and two grandchildren.

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References
  1. "Double-job MSPs collect council pay". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. "Labour MSP under fire for double job". HeraldScotland. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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