Anas Sarwar

Anas Sarwar MSP
Leader o the Scots Labor Pairty
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 February 2021
Depute	Jackie Baillie
UK party leader	Keir Starmer
Precedit bi	Richard Leonard
Actin 24 October 2014 – 13 December 2014
UK party leader	Ed Miliband
Precedit bi	Johann Lamont
Succeedit bi	Jim Murphy
Deputy Leader o the Scots Labor Pairty
In office 17 December 2011 – 13 December 2014
Leader	Johann Lamont
Precedit bi	Johann Lamont
Succeedit bi	Kezia Dugdale
Shadow posts Scots Labour Spokesbodie for the Constitution In office 16 November 2020 – 1 March 2021 Leader Richard Leonard Jackie Baillie (Acting) Precedit bi Alex Rowley Succeedit bi Colin Smyth Scots Labour Spokesbodie for Health and Sport In office 25 Mey 2016 – 4 October 2018 Leader Kezia Dugdale Richard Leonard Precedit bi Jenny Marra Succeedit bi Monica Lennon Shadow Minister for International Development In office 5 November 2014 – 8 May 2015 Leader Ed Miliband Precedit bi Alison McGovern Succeedit bi Mike Kane
Parliamentary offices Member o the Scots Pairlament for Glesga (1 o 7 Regional MSPs) Incumbent Assumed office 5 Mey 2016 Member o Pairlament for Glesga Central In office 6 Mey 2010 – 30 Mairch 2015 Precedit bi Mohammad Sarwar Succeedit bi Alison Thewliss
Personal details
Born	(1983-03-14) 14 Mairch 1983 (age 41) Glesga, Scotland
Poleetical pairty	Scots Labour
Spoose(s)	Furheen Ashrif (m. 2006)
Bairns	3
Relatives	Mohammad Sarwar (faither)
Alma mater	University o Glesga
Wabsteid	anassarwar.co.uk

Anas Sarwar (born 14 Mairch 1983) is a Scots politician that haes serrt as Leader o the Scots Labour Pairty sin 2021. He haes been a Memmer o the Scots Pairlament (MSP) fur the Glesga region sin 2016, haein been Member o Parliament (MP) fur Glesga Central frae 2010 til 2015. Ideologically, he identifies as a Brownite.

Born in Glesga tae Pakistani Muslim parents, Sarwar got his scuilin at Hutchesons' Grammar Scuil an studied general dentistry at the University o Glesga. He wirkit in Paisley as a dentist til he wis eleckit as Memmer o Pairlament fur the Glesga Central seat at the 2010 general election whan he succeedit his reteerin faither, Mohammad Sarwar. In his time in the Hoose o Commons, he serrt as Deputy Leader o the Scots Labour Pairty frae 2011 til 2014.

Sarwar lost his seat tae the Scots National Pairty (SNP) at the 2015 general election. Efter depairtin Wastmeinster, he wis eleckit at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election on the Glesga regional leet. He stuid fur pairty heidship at the 2017 Scots Labour leadership election but lost tae Richard Leonard, an wis eleckit as Leader o the Scots Labour Pairty in the 2021 leadership election.