Mohammad Asghar Politician

Mohammad Asghar (born 30 September 1945), known as Oscar, is a Welsh politician, who has been a member of the Welsh Conservative Party, the Welsh Labour Party, and Plaid Cymru. He came to prominence after being elected to the Welsh Assembly in 2007 as a member of Plaid Cymru on the list for South Wales East. He is best known for being the first ethnic minority and Muslim member of the Assembly, and being the first AM who was a member of a political party to defect to another party.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Oscar
Birth date	September 30, 1945
Birth place	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan , North-West Frontier Province (1901–55) , Peshawar , Presidencies and provinces of British India , British Raj
Religion	Islam

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Office holder

office	National Assembly for WalesWelsh
other party	Welsh Labour Plaid Cymru
party	Welsh Conservative Party
region	South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)