Sadiq Khan

Khan in 2016, photo by Prphotos

Place of Birth: Tooting, London, England

Date of Birth: 8 October, 1970

Ethnicity: Pakistani [Muhajir/Awadhi]

Sadiq Khan is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he has served as Mayor of London, since 9 May, 2016. He was previously a Member of Parliament for Tooting, from 5 May, 2005 to 9 May, 2016, and Minister of State for Transport, from 9 June, 2009 to 11 May, 2010, among other duties.

Sadiq was born in Tooting, London, England, to Pakistani parents, Sehrun and Amanullah. He is a Sunni Muslim, from a Muhajir family. He is married to Saadiya Ahmed, with whom he has two children.

His grandparents moved from Lucknow in United Provinces, British India, to Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947.