Awale Olad
Awale Olad | |
|---|---|
| Ward Councillor for Holborn and Covent Garden | |
| Assumed office May 2010 | |
| Chairman of the Somali Youth Development Resource Centre | |
| In office 9 November 2007 – 8 April 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Somalia |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
Awale Olad ([Cawaale Awlad] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Arabic: عوالي أولاد) is a Somali-British politician. He is a former Chairman of the Somali Youth Development Resource Centre. In May 2010, Olad was elected as a Labour Party Councillor representing the Holborn and Covent Garden ward in Camden.
Personal life[edit]
Olad was born in Somalia. He later emigrated to the United Kingdom.[1]
Olad attended the William Ellis Secondary School in Highgate, London.[2] For his post-secondary studies, he earned an MA in European Studies from King's College London.[3]
Career[edit]
Somali Youth Development Resource Centre[edit]
From 2007 to 2009, Olad was the Chairman of the Somali Youth Development Resource Centre.[4][5] The organization annually holds an honours event to reward high-achieving Somali pupils.[6] Olad concurrently worked as a parliamentary researcher.[4]
General[edit]
Olad served as the Secretary of the Brooke's Court Tenants and Residents Association, where he led a reform initiative.[2] Between 2007 and 2010, he worked as a Parliamentary Assistant/Researcher to the Justice Minister. He later acted as a backbench MP.[3][7]
Additionally, Olad is a Public & Parliamentary Affairs Officer at the Migrants Rights Network, where he coordinates the work of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration.[7]
Olad also serves as the Chair of 8th Holborn, a Scout Group established over 100 years ago.[8]
Councillor for Holborn and Covent Garden[edit]
In November 2008, Olad ran for Councillor in the Camden municipal elections under a Labour Party ticket. He lost out to Nick Russell, who secured a winning margin of 76 votes.[9]
In May 2010, Olad ran again for the municipal council seat. He earned 1,784 of votes or 12.78% of the ballot, becoming the Labour Party Ward Councillor for Camden's Holborn and Covent Garden neighbourhood.[10] The win makes him the borough's first Somali councillor.[11] Olad serves in this capacity as the Chair of the Culture and Environment Scrutiny Committee.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ Osley, Richard (13 May 2010). "LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: By the dozen, the pick of the polls successes - a look at the new faces in Town Hall". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 29 July 2014. soft hyphen character in
|first1=at position 3 (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Holborn & Covent Garden". Camden Labour. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Agenda 2000: Financial Aspects, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. European Standing Committee B., Roger Gale, Stationery Office, 1998" (PDF). UK Government. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Awale Olad". Open Corporates. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ "Somali GCSE success". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ Hassan, Mohamed Aden. "SOMALI DELIGHT: SYDRC REVEALS WINNERS OF 2012 EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS" (PDF). Hiiraan. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Awale Olad - Public Affairs Officer". Migrant Rights' Network. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ "One Group has conquered the challenges of city Scouting and made a huge mark on their community". The Scout Association. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Knife-edge win for Lib Dems in poll showdown". Camden New Journal. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ "Holborn and Covent Garden". Camden Government. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ "Lib Dems and Tories lose control as Labour pull off storming Town Hall comeback". Camden New Journal. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ "New Mayor & Cabinet for Camden". The Fitzrovia Partnership. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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