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The Right Honourable Sadiq Khan
3rd Mayor of London
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2016
Deputy	Joanne McCartney
Preceded by	Boris Johnson
Shadow Cabinet positions Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor In office 8 October 2010 – 11 May 2015 Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Jack Straw Succeeded by The Lord Falconer of Thoroton Shadow Minister for London In office 16 January 2013 – 11 May 2015 Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Tessa Jowell Succeeded by Vacant Shadow Secretary of State for Transport In office 14 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 Leader Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband Preceded by The Lord Adonis Succeeded by Maria Eagle
Minister of State for Transport
In office 9 June 2009 – 6 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	The Lord Adonis
Succeeded by	Theresa Villiers
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
In office 5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Parmjit Dhanda
Succeeded by	Shahid Malik
Assistant Government Whip
In office 2 July 2007 – 5 October 2008
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Chief Whip	Geoff Hoon
Member of Parliament for Tooting
In office 5 May 2005 – 9 May 2016
Preceded by	Tom Cox
Succeeded by	Rosena Allin-Khan
Personal details
Born	Sadiq Aman Khan (1970-10-08) 8 October 1970 (age 53) Tooting, London, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Saadiya Ahmed (m. 1994)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of North London University of Law
Awards	Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2018)
Website	Official website

Sadiq Aman Khan (born 8 October 1970) is a British politician. He is the Mayor of London since 8 May 2016. He was the Shadow Justice Secretary in Ed Miliband's and Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet. He was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Tooting.

Khan was born at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London, ^[1]to Pakistani parents on 8 October 1970. He grew up in Earlsfield, London.

Khan worked as a human rights solicitor until the 2005 General Election when he was elected as an MP. He became the Minister of State for Transport from June 2009 to May 2010 and when Ed Miliband became leader of the Labour Party, he was made the Shadow Justice Secretary.^[2]

Khan was chosen to be the Labour Party candidate in the 2016 London mayoral election.^[3] On 6 May 2016, Khan was elected to the office of mayor by winning 57% of the vote.^[4] He became the first Muslim to be elected mayor of a British capital city.^[4] He became mayor on 8 May.

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