Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Uddin PC |
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Manzila Pola Uddin 17 July 1959 Rajshahi, Rajshahi District, Rajshahi Division, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Non-afflliated |
| Spouse(s) | Komar Uddin |
| Relations |
Raihan Akhter Banu Roni (cousin) Mohiuddin Ahmed (husband's cousin) |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence | Wapping, Tower Hamlets, London, England |
| Alma mater | University of North London |
| Occupation | Community activist |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | www |
Manzila Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, PC (Bengali: মানযিলা পলা উদ্দিন; Romanized: Manzila Pôla Uddin; born 17 July 1959) is a British life peer and community activist of Bangladeshi descent, being the first Muslim and second Asian woman to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 2009 she was included on The Guardian's Muslim Women Power List for Britain.
Uddin was born in the Rajshahi City Corporation, Rajshahi District, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). She moved with her parents to the United Kingdom in 1973, when she was 13 years of age, and she grew up in the East End of London. She attended the Plashet School in East Ham, and was educated at the University of North London, where she earned a degree in social work.
Uddin started her professional career by creating and leading community working groups in the late 1970s. In 1980, she started working as a Youth and Community worker with the YWCA, and then a Liaison Officer for Tower Hamlets Social Services, and Manager of Tower Hamlets Women's Health Project. She then began working for Newham social services in 1988. In 1990, Uddin was elected a Labour councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, the first Asian woman to hold such an office of a local authority in the United Kingdom, which she served for two years. She then became the Deputy Leader of Tower Hamlets council, from 1994 to 1996.
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