Sayeeda Warsi Baroness Warsi Politician

Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Baroness Warsi, PC (Urdu: سعیده حسین وارثی‎, pronounced "Varsi", born 28 March 1971) is a British Pakistani lawyer, politician and a conservative parliamentarian, who co-chaired the Conservative Party. She served in the David Cameron's Cabinet, first as the Minister without portfolio between 2010 till 2012, then as the Senior Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office and as the Minister of State for Faith and Communities, until her resignation citing her disagreement with government's policy over the Gaza conflict in August 2014.Warsi grew up in a family of Pakistani immigrants living in West Yorkshire. She was educated as an solicitor at University of Leeds and the Crown Prosecution Service, in 2004 she gave up her job as a solicitor to stand, unsuccessfully, for election to parliament. After being raised to the peerage in 2007, Warsi served as Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action. The first female Muslim to attend Cabinet, Lady Warsi came to further prominence when, at her first meeting in Downing Street, she wore a traditional South Asian shalwar kameez.In 2010 Warsi was named one of the world's "500 most influential Muslims" by Middle East think tank the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. She also topped the UK's Muslim women power list.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Lady Warsi
Birth date	March 28, 1971
Birth place	Dewsbury , West Riding of Yorkshire
Education	University of Law University of Leeds

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Office holder

associate	Andrew Feldman Baron Feldman of Elstree
office	Minister without Portfolio Member of the House of Lords Chairman of the Conservative Party Minister of State for Faith and Communities Senior Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Shadow Minister of State for Community Cohesion and Social Action
party	Conservative Party (UK)
prime minister	David Cameron
successor	Kenneth Clarke Grant Shapps