Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Civil Society, Heritage, Tourism and Growth
In office 20 September 2022 – 28 October 2022
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
Preceded by
The Baroness Barran[a]
Succeeded by
Stuart Andrew (Sport, Tourism and Civil Society) The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Arts and Heritage)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technology, Innovation and Life Sciences
In office 17 September 2021 – 20 September 2022
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
Preceded by
The Lord Bethell
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Co-chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists
In office 12 June 2014 – 1 July 2019
Serving with Ryszard Legutko
Preceded by
Martin Callanan
Succeeded by
Raffaele Fitto
Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament
In office 19 November 2013 – 25 November 2014
Preceded by
Richard Ashworth
Succeeded by
Ashley Fox
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed life peerage 11 February 2021
Member of the European Parliament for London
In office 5 May 2005 – 1 July 2019
Preceded by
Theresa Villiers
Succeeded by
Lance Forman
Personal details
Born
Syed Salah Kamall
(1967-02-15) 15 February 1967 (age 57) London, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse(s)
Sandira Beekoo (now formally styled The Lady Kamall)
Education
University of Liverpool LSE City University, London
Awards
Life Peer
Website
Official website Parliamentary website
Syed Salah Kamall, Baron Kamall (born 15 February 1967) is a British politician and academic, who from September to October 2022 served in HM Government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.[1][2] He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care (2021–22).[3]
Professor of Politics and International Relations at St Mary's University, Twickenham, Lord Kamall is also the academic and research director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, a classical liberal think tank based in London.
Kamall represented London as a Member of the European Parliament for the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2019, serving on the International Trade and Economic and Monetary Affairs Committees. From 2013 to 2014, Kamall served as Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, then as Leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists, from June 2014 till 2019.
In December 2020, he was nominated by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a Life Peer (cr. 28 Jan 2021).[4]
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Syed Salah Kamall, Baron Kamall (born 15 February 1967) is a British politician and academic, who from September to October 2022 served in HM Government...
blog entry which claimed that Islam "reveres paedophilia". However, SyedKamall, the ECR's chairman, who is a practising Muslim, defended the new members...
formally put his name forward with his three rivals being Andrew Boff, SyedKamall, and Stephen Greenhalgh. The London Conservatives held an open primary...
Greenhalgh, businessman and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime; and SyedKamall, academic, Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists, and...
Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021. "SyedKamall: new leader of European Conservatives and Reformists". European Parliament...
2005, she resigned from her seat in the European Parliament; it went to SyedKamall, the next candidate on the Conservatives' regional list for London. Villiers...
MEP, SyedKamall, reported that he along with several other MEPs left the hotel and went to a nearby restaurant shortly before the attack. Kamall also...
from 2005 to 2019, former Secretary of State for Education (2016–2018) SyedKamall, former MEP for London (2005 to 2019) Munira Mirza, former deputy mayor...
from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020. "Lord Kamall". UK Parliament. "Lord Khan of Burnley". UK Parliament. "Lord Sikka". UK...
Man" in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory In politics SyedKamall, Conservative MEP Albert Meltzer, anarcho-communist writer Ash Sarkar...
selection, 2015 Shortlisted Andrew Boff Zac Goldsmith Stephen Greenhalgh SyedKamall Not shortlisted Sol Campbell Simon Fawthrop Ivan Massow Philippa Roe...
selection, 2015 Shortlisted Andrew Boff Zac Goldsmith Stephen Greenhalgh SyedKamall Not shortlisted Sol Campbell Simon Fawthrop Ivan Massow Philippa Roe...
BBC's Sunday Politics programme. The Conservatives were represented by SyedKamall MEP, Labour by Richard Howitt MEP, the Liberal Democrats by Baroness...
Verhofstadt of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), SyedKamall of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), Ska Keller of the...
cricketer 1967 – Jane Child, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer 1967 – SyedKamall, English academic and politician 1967 – Craig Simpson, Canadian ice hockey...
Movement (ECPM) + 1 unaffiliated national party + 2 independent politicians SyedKamall 2009 77 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Alliance...
selection, 2015 Shortlisted Andrew Boff Zac Goldsmith Stephen Greenhalgh SyedKamall Not shortlisted Sol Campbell Simon Fawthrop Ivan Massow Philippa Roe...
Co-CEO Motorola, Inc. and CEO of Motorola's Mobile Devices business SyedKamall Alfredo Kanthack FRCP FRCS, pathologist Brian Keaney, children's author...
charge of £1.00. Zac Goldsmith, Member of Parliament for Richmond Park SyedKamall, Member of the European Parliament for London Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy...
Baker, Professor Kevin Dowd, Gordon Kerr of Cobden Partners, MEP Dr SyedKamall (the former head of the Conservative group in the European Parliament)...
Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at that ministry, currently Lord Kamall. The initial budget for the service was £15 billion, rising to £22bn in...
member states were also members. In 2007 the British Conservative MEP SyedKamall said: "The Fundamental Rights Agency will take £20m (30m euros) of taxpayers'...
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