Krish Kumar Sureshchandra Raval, Baron Raval, is a British lawyer,

life peer In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. With the exception of the D ...

and the director of Faith in Leadership.

Early life and education

Raval was born in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

to Indian, Hindu parents. He read law at

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...

and the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...

Career

Raval is the director of Faith in Leadership, an organisation focused on interfaith cooperation for the public good established in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings, and is a faculty member of the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

's School of Divinity. He is also Chair of Labour Indians, and a member of City Sikhs' Advisory Board. He was nominated for a life peerage in December 2024 by Prime Minister

Keir Starmer Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously ...

for the Labour Party as part of the

2024 Political Peerages A list of nominations for life peerages was announced by the Prime Minister's Office on 20 December 2024. Life Peerages Labour *Prof. Wendy Alexander, – Vice Chair of the British Council, former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Paisley No ...

. He was created ''Baron Raval, of Hertsmere in the County of Hertfordshire'' on 29 January 2025, swearing his oath of allegiance on the ''

Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is The is a translation and commentary of the ''Bhagavad Gita'' by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement. This translation of ' ...

''.

Personal life

Raval is

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

. As a child, he attended the

Bhaktivedanta Manor Bhaktivedanta Manor is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu temple set in the Hertfordshire countryside of England, in the village of Letchmore Heath near Watford. The Manor is owned and run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON ...

in Hertfordshire. He is married to Dr. Lucy Raval, the Lady Raval.

References

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