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Keith Vaz

1956 - Today

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Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British politician who served as the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East for 32 years, from 1987 to 2019. He is the UK Parliament's longest-serving British Asian MP. Vaz served as the Minister for Europe between October 1999 and June 2001. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in June 2006. He was Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee from July 2007, but resigned from this role on 6 September 2016 after the Sunday Mirror revealed he had engaged in unprotected sexual activity with male sex workers and had said he would pay for cocaine if they wished to use it. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Keith Vaz is the 19,530th most popular politician (down from 19,060th in 2024), the 43rd most popular biography from Yemen (down from 35th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Yemeni Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Keith Vaz ranks 19,530 out of 19,576. Before him are Franziska Schenk, Julia Reda, Amina Mohamed, Karen Hækkerup, Tamila Tasheva, and Ditmir Bushati. After him are Pramila Jayapal, Jeff Landry, Mária Kolíková, Babatunde Fashola, Clare Daly, and Monica Iagăr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Keith Vaz ranks 817. Before him are Jimmy Nicholl, Diana Edulji, Montel Williams, Jennifer Tour Chayes, Rebecca Kadaga, and Gerald Henderson. After him are Rajkumar Santoshi, Arundathi Nag, Ron White, Jim Talent, Lou Barletta, and Anna Soubry.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Keith Vaz ranks 43 out of 35. Before him are Mahdi al-Mashat (null), Nasir al-Wuhayshi (1976), Qasim al-Raymi (1978), Ahmed Saleh (1972), Boushra Almutawakel (1969), and Nujood Ali (1998). After him are Ali Al-Nono (1980), and Alaa Al-Sasi (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In Yemen

Among politicians born in Yemen, Keith Vaz ranks 24. Before him are Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak (null), Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher (1952), Mohammed al-Houthi (1979), Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979), Khaled Bahah (1965), and Mahdi al-Mashat (null).

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