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Niranjan Joseph Deva-Aditya, known as Nirj Deva (born May 11, 1948, Colombo, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan-British politician. May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). ...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...
Map of Colombo with its administrative districts Coordinates: District Colombo District Government - Mayor Uvaiz Mohammad Imitiyaz (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) Area - City 37. ...
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Family life Deva was born in Sri Lanka to a leading family of Rajasthani descent and is a Roman Catholic. He speaks Sinhalese and English, and is married to Indra - a French-speaking Mauritian, and has one son. He holds Sri Lankan and British Citizenship. The Rajasthani languages are a group of related languages spoken in India and Pakistan . ...
The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
Sinhalese or Sinhala (සිංහල, ISO 15919: , IPA: [], earlier referred to as Singhalese) is the mother tongue of the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka. ...
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Early career He holds a degree in Aeronautical Engineering of Loughborough University, and was a Postgraduate Research Fellow in Economics at that university. He became Chairman in 1981 of the Bow Group (a leading British political think-tank), and initiated the Transatlantic Conferences between the Conservative Party (Bow Group) and the Republican Party/Heritage Foundation in Washington in 1981. He was a Member of the Council of the Royal Commonwealth Society 1976-80. He was appointed Chairman of the Department of Transport/National Consumer Council Committee on De-regulation of Air-Transport, whose Report was published by the UK Government in March 1986. This resulted in the low-fare airlines in Europe, which have brought affordable travel to millions. Loughborough University is located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. ...
Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ...
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In 1985 Nirj Deva became the first Asian-born person to be appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to the ancient office of Deputy Lord Lieutenant for London – a position which he holds for life. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...
Career in Parliament In 1992 Deva became only the second Asian-born person to be elected a Member of the House of Commons and serve in the British Government. He was the Member of Parliament for the London constituency of Brentford and Isleworth, and was Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Scottish Office. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Brentford and Isleworth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
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He was made political adviser to the Secretary of State for Transport, and a member of key Parliamentary Committees such as the Education Committee and the Parliamentary Ombudsman's Committee.
In 1999, Deva became the first Asian-born person to be elected as a Conservative member of the European Parliament where he represents South East England. He serves as majority leader on the Committee on Overseas Development and Cooperation and is the Joint Coordinator of the ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific)- EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. He is also a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...
South East England is a constituency of the European Parliament. ...
He is a Fellow of Britain’s Royal Society for Arts and Manufactures (FRSA), Chairman of the EU-India Chamber of Commerce and a Patron of the International Monarchist League. See Monarchist League for similar organisations The International Monarchist League (or Monarchist League) is an organization dedicated to the preservation of the constitutional monarchy system of government and the principle of monarchy worldwide. ...
Deva has backed many important education and health issues - he is a staunch supporter of the Autism Awareness Campaign UK and in Sri Lanka. The Autism Awareness Campaign UK was launched in 2000 by parents Ivan and Charika Corea in response to an autism diagnosis ascribed to their son, Charin. ...
Recent years In April 2005 he was chairman of the European Parliament’s delegation to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in New York, and delivered a paper on the future of the United Nations at the US Council on Foreign Relations. A few months later, he headed the European Parliament's delegation to the UN High-Level Conference on global financing of aid. Also in 2005 he was Co-Chairman (with Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France) of the European Parliaments' Delegation to the World Summit at the United Nations 60th General Assembly. Michel Rocard, French politician Michel Rocard (born August 23, 1930) is a French Socialist politician, former French Prime minister, and currently a member of the European Parliament. ...
The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...
In January 2007, he led the condemnation of his fellow South East of England MEP Ashley Mote's decision to join the new fascist 'Identity, Sovereignty and Tradition' group in the European Parliament.
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