Ministerial role
Minister of State (Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth)
Responsibilities
The Minister’s responsibilities include:
- South Asia
- Commonwealth
- UN and multilateral
- governance and democracy
- open societies and anti-corruption
- human rights, including Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI)
- treaty policy and practice
- sanctions
- departmental operations: human resources and estates
Current role holder
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Lord Ahmad was appointed as the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and as Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations on 13 June 2017.
Education
He was educated at Rutlish School and London South Bank University (LSBU) as well as the Chartered Institute of Financial Services.
Political career
- Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (2018 to 2019)
- Minister for Aviation and Trade – Department for Transport (2016 to 2017)
- Minister for Countering Extremism – Home Office (2015 to 2016)
- Transport Minister – Skills & Aviation Security (2015 to 2016)
- Communities & Local Government Minister (2014 to 2015)
- Government Whip and Lord in Waiting (2012 to 2014)
- Vice-Chairman (national) of the Conservative Party (2008 and 2010)
- Councillor (Wimbledon Park) and Cabinet Member in the London Borough of Merton between 2002 and 2012
Career outside politics
Lord Ahmad had a 20 year career in the City working in banking and finance, including at the NatWest Group where he was a senior manager in corporate banking and financial markets. He was later Vice-President and Marketing Director of Alliance Bernstein and his last role before joining the government was as Strategy and Marketing Director at Sucden Financial.
Personal life
Lord Ahmad is married and has a daughter and 2 sons.
Previous holders of this role
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The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE
2014 to 2017
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Lord Ahmad statement following the Afghan presidential election
- Lord Ahmad addresses 43rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
- Universal Periodic Review 35th session: Minister for Human Rights statement
- Lord Ahmad sets out UK commitment to Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum
- Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court 2019: Lord Ahmad's statement
- Lord Ahmad to represent UK at G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, November 2019
- The role of reconciliation in the maintenance of international peace and security
- Time for Justice: Putting Survivors First conference postponed
- Human rights priority countries: autumn 2019 ministerial statement
- Government recommits support to victims on Anti-Slavery Day