Benyamin Naeem Habib was born on 7 June 1965 and is a Pakistani born British businessman and politician.
17 Facts About Ben Habib
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Ben Habib was elected as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European parliamentary election.
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Ben Habib remained in the role until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU.
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Benyamin Naeem Habib was born on 7 June 1965 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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Ben Habib moved to the UK in 1979 and his early education was at the private Rugby School.
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Ben Habib is a former president of its alumni association, the Rugbeian Society.
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Ben Habib then attended Robinson College, Cambridge, where he studied natural sciences.
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In 1994, Ben Habib entered the properties business as the managing director of private property development company, JKL Property, before starting his own property fund company First Property Group plc six years later.
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Ben Habib supported Brexit in the 2016 referendum and argued the UK's trade opportunities would be better outside of the European Union, that being part of the EU meant that the UK had ceded sovereignty, and that there needed to be greater control of immigration.
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Ben Habib had discussed in interviews how uncertainty around Brexit could be an opportunity for profit for his business.
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Ben Habib was first on his party's list, and was elected as one of its two MEPs in the constituency.
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Ben Habib was a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and part of the delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia.
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On 29 January 2020, Ben Habib voted in favour of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, which included the Northern Ireland Protocol, being ratified by the EU Parliament.
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Ben Habib had previously indicated he would do so in part because of the Conservative Party 2019 United Kingdom general election victory giving them a clear democratic mandate to deliver the Withdrawal Agreement, which was one of their election manifesto pledges.
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On 22 February 2020, Ben Habib published an article on the Brexit-Watch.
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Ben Habib recommended Unionists should not resist its implementation and instead "make it work for its own great benefit and that of the United Kingdom".
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In March 2023, Ben Habib announced at the Reform UK conference that he has joined the Reform Party and will be helping with the upcoming bi-elections and general election in 2024 to overthrow the Conservative government.