Sikandar Muhammad Khan (British politician)
Sikandar Muhammad Abdullah Khan is a British-Pakistani politician and businessman who is the leader of the opposition, a director on the board of Khan Chauffeurs’ Incorporated and Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster.
Sikandar Muhammad Abdullah Khan MBA MP | |
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Miliband |
| Constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 2nd 1976 |
| Citizenship | British |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Dr.Fatima Khan (nee Qureshi) |
| Children | Muhammad Khan II, Fatima Khan II and Sumayyah Khan |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Abdullah Khan and Idris Khan (brother), |
| Residence(s) | Westminster, London |
| Education | Master of Business Administration |
| Alma mater | Kingston Grammar School University of Oxford |
| Occupation | politician |
| Profession | businessman |
| Known for | leader of the Conservative Party |
Early life
Born in 1976, the son of chauffeur Muhammad Abdullah Khan who was running a successful chauffeur business by the time he was eight. He attended Kingston Grammar School at the age of eleven, studying their for seven years before gaining four A-Levels (Philosophy, Economics, English and French) going to Oxford University to study Philosophy and Modern Languages.
University Education and career From 1994-1997, Sikandar Muhammad Khan was a Philosophy and Modern Languages student at the university of Oxford, joining the Conservative Party in 1996. In 1997, he was appointed to the board of his father’s company, taking an executive MBA at Oxford he achieved the following year. In 2010, he was elected to represent the Cities of London and Westminster and in 2020 was chosen as leader of the Conservative Party.
Political ideology
He describes himself as a member of the Traditionalist or Perennialist School and “advocate of free markets, freedom of religion, freedom of thought and free speech.”
He supports the monarchy, the House of Lords and greater funding to the police as well as greater self-defence rights for householders.
He opposes efforts in the education system to teach opposition to gender roles describing it as “indoctrination”.
Personal life
Sikandar Muhammad Khan is married to Dr. Fatima Qureshi (age: 41) and has three children Muhammad (aged: 23), Fatima (aged: 20) and Sumayyah (aged: 17).