Manjula Paul Sood is a British Labour Party politician, community service participant and former educator.
11 Facts About Manjula Sood
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In 2008, Sood became the first Asian female Lord Mayor in the United Kingdom.
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Manjula Sood became in 1973 the first female Asian primary school teacher in Leicester, England.
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Manjula Sood taught there for almost twenty years before retiring because of ill health.
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Manjula Sood was first elected after the death of her councillor husband in 1996.
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Paul Manjula Sood was one of the first Asians in Britain to become a councillor; he was elected as a Leicestershire County Councillor in 1982 and served Leicester for almost 14 years before his death.
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Manjula Sood stood in the by-election for her husband's former seat and won.
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In May 2008, Manjula Sood became Lord Mayor of Leicester, the first Asian female Lord Mayor in the United Kingdom, in over 800 years of the Lord Mayor title.
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Manjula Sood ceased to be a councillor for Belgrave in 2019 but was again elected in the 2023 Leicester City Council election for the Stoneygate ward.
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Manjula Sood was awarded an MBE in the 2009 Birthday Honours for services to the community in Leicester.
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Manjula Sood is the Sport England Regional Champion for East Midlands.