Rehman Chishti
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Rehman Chishti MP |
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Rehman Chishti MP
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| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney General for England and Wales | |
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In office 5 May 2015 – 18 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Heather Wheeler |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of State for Schools | |
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In office 2014–2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Metcalfe |
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Member of Parliament for Gillingham and Rainham |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Clark |
| Majority | 10,530 (22.4%) |
| Medway Council Councillor for Rainham Central | |
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Assumed office 3 May 2007 |
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| Personal details | |
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4 October 1978 Muzaffarabad, Pakistan |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Labour (before 2007) Conservative (2007 onwards) |
| Alma mater | Aberystwyth University |
| Committees | Justice Select Committee (2013–), Joint Committee on Human Rights (2010–2013) |
| Website | http://rehmanchishti.com |
Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti (born 4 October 1978) is a British Conservative politician who was elected MP for Gillingham and Rainham in the 2010 general election. He is the former Parliamentary Private Secretary to Jeremy Wright, the Attorney General for England and Wales.
Chishti was born in Muzaffarabad, capital of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, on 4 October 1978. His father Abdul Rehman Chishti had been appointed Federal Adviser on religious affairs to the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir in 1976 by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan. He left Pakistan in 1978 to take up a post as an Imam in the UK, soon after Bhutto was overthrown by a military coup by General Zia-ul-Haq, who later executed Bhutto. Rehman Chishti did not see his father for the first six years of his life. He along with his mother and elder sister joined his father in 1984 in the UK at the age of six, and since then has lived in Gillingham and Rainham.
Chishti attended Richmond Infant School (now Burnt Oak Primary school), Napier Primary School, Fort Luton High School for Boys (now Bishop of Rochester Academy), Rainham Mark Grammar School Sixth Form, and Chatham Grammar School for Girls (mixed boys and girls sixth form). He was Head Boy at Fort Luton High School, and captain of the school cricket team. He also captained Hempstead Colts Cricket Club in Gillingham, in which he took his best bowling figures of 5 wickets for 7 runs against Lordswood Colts, which led him to play for Medway District and Kent Schools in the Pawson trophy. He also played football with Royal Princes Park youth team where he was given the award for player of the year.
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