Hanzala Shaheed Malik (26 November 1956 – December 2023) was a

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politician. He was a

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(MSP) for the

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region from

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until

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Early life and career

Born in

to a Pakistani father and a

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mother on 26 November 1956, Malik gained a BSc degree in Computing with Business Administration from the

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. Before working in politics, he worked in both the private and public sector including serving as a police special constable and member of the Territorial Army.

Political career

Malik was a

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lor for the one-member ward of

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from 1995 to 2007, then as one of four in the larger multi-member of the same name from

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. In his role as a councillor, Malik was a member of council committees which included Education, Development and Regeneration, Finance, Housing, Licensing, Policy and Resources. Malik was elected as a Labour MSP for the

region in the

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(he declined to vacate his council seat until elections the following year, despite a by-election already being arranged for the ward after the death of another councillor). He was eleventh on Labour's regional list at the election in May 2016 and was not re-elected. He was re-elected as a Glasgow City councillor, again for Hillhead, in

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. Malik endorsed

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in the

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Personal life and death

Malik was mixed-race; his father was born in Pakistan and his mother was born in Scotland. He had been married for over forty years and had two children and two grandchildren. Hanzala Malik died in December 2023, at the age of 67.Long-serving Glasgow Labour councillor and former MSP dies age 67
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References

External links

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BBC 2011 election results: Glasgow regionArchived website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malik, Hanzala 1956 births 2023 deaths Labour MSPs Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–2016 Councillors in Glasgow Scottish Labour councillors Scottish people of Pakistani descent Hillhead Alumni of the University of the West of Scotland