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Sadiq Aman Khan
(born 8 October 1970) is a
British
politician
. He is the
Mayor of London
since 8 May 2016. He was the Shadow Justice Secretary in
Ed Miliband
's and
Jeremy Corbyn
's shadow cabinet. He was the
Labour Party
Member of Parliament
(MP) for the
constituency
of Tooting.
Khan was born at St George’s Hospital in
Tooting
,
London
,
[1]
to
Pakistani
parents on 8 October 1970. He grew up in
Earlsfield
, London.
Khan worked as a human rights
solicitor
until the
2005 General Election
when he was elected as an MP. He became the Minister of State for Transport from June 2009 to May 2010 and when Ed Miliband became leader of the Labour Party, he was made the Shadow Justice Secretary.
[2]
Khan was chosen to be the Labour Party candidate in the
2016 London mayoral election
.
[3]
On 6 May 2016, Khan was elected to the office of mayor by winning 57% of the vote.
[4]
He became the first
Muslim
to be elected mayor of a British capital city.
[4]
He became mayor on 8 May.