Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been married to his wife Saadiya Khan since 1994 and the couple has two children together. Let’s meet his spouse and daughters.
Sadiq Khan is a British politician originally from Pakistan.
Sadiq was elected Mayor of London in May 2016, winning the largest personal mandate in the history of British politics. He is the first Muslim to hold this position.
He provides citywide leadership and creates policies to improve London for all.
He was previously Member of Parliament for Tooting from 2005 until 2016. A member of the Labour Party, Khan is on the party’s soft left and has been ideologically characterised as a social democrat.
He then entered politics as the MP for Tooting in south London, going on to become Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and the Shadow Minister for London.
Who is Sadiq Khan married to?
Sadiq Aman Khan was born on October 8, 1970, at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, South London.
His parents are Sehrun Khan (mother) and Amanullah Khan (father) who are both immigrants and originally from Pakistan.
His mom worked as a measmstress and his dad worked as a bus driver when they moved to London in 1968.
Khan is not the only child of his parents. He was the fifth of eight children, seven of whom were boys. Khan and his siblings grew up in a three-bedroom council flat on the Henry Prince Estate in Earlsfield.
Sadiq who initially wanted to become a dentist was convinced by his teacher to read law because he prowess in arguing.
He attended Fircroft Primary School and then Ernest Bevin School and later went on to have his law degree at the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) – the rest they say is a history.
Today, he a top politician and a mayor in London, UK.
Along the line in his career, while a trained solicitor at a of solicitors called Christian Fisher, he tied the knot to his longtime girlfriend and duo have been together since. On top of it all, they’re parents.
Who is Sadiq Khan’s wife?
At age 24, Sadiq Khan – who was at the beginning of his political career – got married to his longtime girlfriend, Saadiya Khan.
At the time was the same year Mr Khan became a trainee solicitor at a firm named Christian Fisher.
Both Sadiq and Saadiya have a political background and a similar family history. They were both born and raised in Pakistan.
Both Sadiq and Saadiya have a backround in the British Legal Justice.
They also have a similar family history. They were both born and raised in Pakistan but lived in British their whole lives and also, their fathers worked as drivers in London.
Who is Saadiya Khan?
Saadiya Khan is the proud wife of UK politician and current Mayor of London, Sadiq Aman Khan or simply Sadiq Khan.
Her exact date of birth is not known and hence, her real age cannot told, however, many online sources suggests she’s in her early 50s.
By profession, Saadiya Khan is a famous British lawyer and solicitor.
Saadiya, a fellow solicitor and coincidently also the child of bus driver like her husband, was raised in the Islamic faith.
According to reports, Saadiya, who practices under her maiden name, Saadiya Ahmad, has over 20 years’ experience in criminal litigation.
Sadiq’s wife, Saadiya, has played an essential role in his personal and political journey.
Do Sadiq and Saadiya have children?
Sadiq and his wife share two daughters – Anisah and Ammarah.
Both of their daughters were raised in the Islamic faith.
Anisah was born in 1999 and is currently 24 years old.
Aside from this information, not much else is known about Sadiq and Saadiya’s children, with the family keeping their personal life out of the spotlight.
When did Sadiq Khan become the Mayor of London?
Sadiq Khan made history in 2016 when he was elected London’s first Muslim mayor – the city where he was born and raised, after his parents moved to London from Pakistan in the 1960s.
As the mayor of London Khan has responsibilities covering policing, transport, housing, planning, economic development, arts, culture and the environment.
Prior to this, between 2005 and 2016, he was MP for Tooting in South London, a role he quit when becoming mayor.
In the mayoral elections Khan won the largest number of votes in one election of any politician in British history.
He was once again re-elected for a second term as mayor in May 2021, defeating the Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey.
Discussing the capital and his career, Khan previously said: ”London gave me the opportunities to go from the council estate where I grew up to being Mayor of the greatest city on earth.
”I still wake up every morning passionate about delivering my promise to Londoners: to make London a fairer city where all Londoners get the opportunities that our city gave to me and my family.”