Born into a modest family which migrated from Pakistan's central town of Gujjar Khan to Britain in the 1960s, Warsi has been involved in politics since her college days.
Baroness Warsi was born in [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register], [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] in 1971 to [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] parents, who emigrated from [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register], [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register], [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]. She is the second of five daughters. Her father, Safdar Hussain,[Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register][Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]operates a bed manufacturing company, which earns £2 million a year, after starting life as a mill worker. She later said that her father's success led her to adopting Conservative principles. She was educated at [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register], [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register], and the [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register], where she studied Law ([Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]). She attended the York College of Law to complete her Legal Practice Course and trained with both the [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] and the [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]. After qualifying as a solicitor, she worked for [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] – the last Conservative Member of Parliament for Dewsbury – at Whitfield Hallam Goodall Solicitors. She then set up her own specialist practice in Dewsbury. She has also worked overseas for the Ministry of Law in Pakistan and in [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] as Chairman of the Savayra Foundation, a women's empowerment charity. At the age of 19, Warsi was married to her cousin, Naeem, whom she met in Pakistan when she was 15. The marriage was arranged and they have one daughter, Aamna, 12.[Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] They divorced in December 2007 after 17 years of marriage. On 20 August 2009 Warsi married Iftikhar Azam in a simple [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] ceremony at her parents' detached property in Dewsbury followed by a wedding celebration attended only by close family. Shortly after, she was accused of "stealing" the husband of Mussarat Bi, 34, Azam's first wife and mother of four, who claimed she had been divorced without knowledge and was "devastated by his desertion". Sayeeda's side have dismissed the allegations in a statement made by Azam.[Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]
Baroness Warsi was the [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] for [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] at the [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register], becoming the first Muslim woman to be selected by the Conservatives. She lost that election by nearly 5000 votes. She has served as a special adviser to [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] on Community Relations and was appointed by [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] as Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party with specific responsibility for [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register]. In its December edition, the [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] 'revealed' that the Baroness received support for her general election campaign from [Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register], a Labour peer.[Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] According to the New Statesman's report, Warsi "welcomed Lord Ahmed's support".
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Sayeeda Warsi become the first Muslim woman British MP
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