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<p>Removed parameters. | You can <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:UCB" class="extiw" title="wp:UCB">use this bot</a> yourself. <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:DBUG" class="extiw" title="wp:DBUG">Report bugs here</a>. | Suggested by Abductive | <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Open_Government_Licence_attribution&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Open Government Licence attribution (page does not exist)">Category:Open Government Licence attribution‎</a> | via #UCB_Category 40/50</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{for|other people named Mushtaq Ahmad|Mushtaq Ahmad (disambiguation){{!}}Mushtaq Ahmad}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}<br /> {{Use British English|date=September 2017}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Mushtaq Ahmad&#039;&#039;&#039; {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} is a [[Scottish Labour Party]] politician who served as the [[Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire]] from 2010 until 2017.<br /> <br /> ==Biography==<br /> Ahmad was born in 1942 in [[British India]] where he grew up, with Arab influence.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} He graduated from the [[University of Punjab]] in [[Pakistan]]. In 1963, he came to Scotland to study for an [[Masters of Arts|MA]] at the [[University of Glasgow]]. He undertook teacher training at [[Jordanhill College]], and went on to teach economics in Scotland and then East London. Returning to Scotland, he organised an [[adult education]] programme for 17 years.{{sfn|PM&#039;s Office staff|2010}}<br /> <br /> Ahmad served as a [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour]] [[councillor]] in [[Hamilton (district)|Hamilton District Council]] and then [[South Lanarkshire Council]], and was Provost of [[South Lanarkshire]] from 2003 to 2007.&lt;ref name=provost/&gt; He was the first [[Asian people|Asian]] to serve as [[Provost (civil)|Provost]] of a [[Subdivisions of Scotland|Scottish council]].{{sfn|PM&#039;s Office staff|2010}} He was awarded an OBE in the [[2008 New Year Honours]]. He was appointed to the post of [[Lord Lieutenant]] on 11 November 2010, following the retirement of Gilbert Cox CVO, MBE, JP.{{sfn|PM&#039;s Office staff|2010}}&lt;ref name=provost&gt;[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/ex-provost-mushtaq-ahmad-appointed-lord-2580954.amp Ex-provost Mushtaq Ahmad appointed Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire], Daily Record, 24 November 2010&lt;/ref&gt; He held the office until 12 November 2017.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> *{{OGL-attribution|version=2.0|{{cite web|author=PM&#039;s Office staff|date=11 November 2010 |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/press-notices/2010/11/lord-lieutenant-for-lanarkshire-56852 |title=Lord-Lieutenant for Lanarkshire |publisher=Office of the Prime Minister |access-date=22 March 2011 }} }}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad, Mushtaq}}<br /> [[Category:1942 births]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Lord-Lieutenants of Lanarkshire]]<br /> [[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]<br /> [[Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow]]<br /> [[Category:University of the Punjab alumni]]<br /> [[Category:Pakistani emigrants to Scotland]]<br /> [[Category:Alumni of the University of Strathclyde]]<br /> [[Category:Scottish Labour Party councillors]]<br /> [[Category:Councillors in Scotland]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Scotland-politician-stub}}<br /> {{Pakistan-economist-stub}}</div>

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