British parliamentarian Tulip Siddiq has been appointed as shadow early years minister from the opposition Labour Party.
Siddiq, daughter of Sheikh Rehana and niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampstead and Kilburn in the UK since 2015.
She became the first Bangali woman councillor in Camden Council in May 2010, first contested and won in the parliamentary polls in 2015.
Born in Mitcham, London in 1982, Siddiq holds two Master’s degrees - one in English literature, and another in Politics, Policy and Government - from King’s College London.