Krupesh Jadavji Hirani (born 29 November 1985) is a British

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politician who has been the

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for Brent and Harrow since 2021. He previously represented

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ward on

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from

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Early life and education

Hirani was born in the

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, London, to parents Jadavji Hirani and Hirbai Hirani. He attended Braintcroft Primary School in

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and then

Preston Manor School Preston Manor is a mixed all-through school within the London Borough of Brent, located in the Preston and Wembley Park areas. It educates primary and secondary school-age children and adults and has a sixth form. History Grammar school It ...

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. He graduated with a

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in politics from the

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. Hirani received an Alumni Laureate Award from the university in 2013.

Career

From 2009 to 2015, Hirani was a policy manager at the disability charity Aspire. He was a London regional officer for the MS Society from 2015 to 2020. Hirani was elected to

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, where he was responsible for public health. He has been chair of Metroland Cultures, a Brent-based arts organisation, since 2020. Hirani was re-elected in

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and

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, but did not stand in

. In 2019 Hirani announced his run for the London Assembly. He was elected at the

2021 London Assembly election The 2021 London Assembly election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the members of the London Assembly, alongside the 2021 London mayoral election. The mayoral and Assembly elections were originally to be held on 7 May 2020, but on 13 March 2020 i ...

to be a

member of the

London Assembly The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds super-majority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to rejec ...

for Brent and Harrow.

Personal life

In 2013, Hirani married Amrat Vekaria; the couple have a daughter. He lists his recreations as politics, football and running.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hirani, Krupesh Living people 1985 births Alumni of the University of Nottingham Councillors in the London Borough of Brent Labour Members of the London Assembly People from the London Borough of Brent British politicians of Indian descent