1. Munira Hassam Wilson is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament for Twickenham since 2019.
11 Facts About Munira Wilson
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Munira Wilson has served as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for education since 2021 under Sir Ed Davey, and previously as the spokesperson for health, wellbeing and social care from 2020 to 2021.
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Munira Wilson then went on to study at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, from 1996 to 2000, where she graduated with a degree in French and German, including a year abroad as an English assistant in two secondary schools in southern France.
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Munira Wilson went on to work for newly elected MP Nick Clegg for the first six months of 2006.
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Munira Wilson served a term as a councillor on Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council from 2006 to 2010.
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Munira Wilson contested Twickenham's neighbouring constituency of Feltham and Heston in the 2010 general election, where she came third.
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Munira Wilson was selected in 2019 to replace Vince Cable as the Liberal Democrat candidate in Twickenham.
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Munira Wilson has opposed plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, and has worked to improve rail services in South West London.
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Munira Wilson was appointed Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care by acting leader Ed Davey in January 2020.
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In May 2021, alongside celebrities and other public figures, Munira Wilson was a signatory to an open letter from Stylist magazine which called on the government to address what it described as an "epidemic of male violence" by funding an "ongoing, high-profile, expert-informed awareness campaign on men's violence against women and girls".
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Munira Wilson was raised a Muslim and converted to Christianity.