- Amjad Hussain
Rear-Admiral Amjad Hussain is a high-ranking officer in the
Royal Navy .Born in
Pakistan , Hussain (aged 3) and his mother moved to the United Kingdom in 1962 to join his father who was working there as arailway signalman .cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article357835.ece|title=Admiral becomes highest-ranking officer from an ethnic minority|work=The Independent |date=15 April 2006 |accessdate=2008-02-12] Hussain joined the Royal Navy as a Weapons Engineering Officer in 1976, and was sponsored to study engineering science and business administration at Collingwood College,University of Durham from 1976 to 1979.cite news|url=http://society.guardian.co.uk/leadingquestions/story/0,,1865443,00.html|title=Leading questions: Rear Admiral Amjad Hussain is the highest ranking Muslim officer in the armed forces|work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=September 6 2006 |accessdate=2008-02-12] By 1993 he had reached the rank ofCommander . [LondonGazette|issue=53178|supp=yes|startpage=893|date=18 January 1993 |accessdate=2008-02-12]In 2006, he was promoted to the rank of
Rear-Admiral , [LondonGazette|issue=58095|supp=yes|notarchive=yes|startpage=12407|date=12 September 2006 |accessdate=2008-02-12] and thereby became the highest rankingMuslim and the highest ranking officer from an ethnic minority in theBritish Armed Forces .cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/5301000.stm|title=Muslim becomes Navy rear admiral|work=BBC News |publisher=BBC Online |date=31 August 2006 |accessdate=2008-02-12] He is a prominent advocate of greater minority participation in the armed forces. However, he dislikes too much emphasis being placed on his religion.cite news|url=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6537/changeNav/3533|title="Nothing out of the ordinary" - Navy's highest-ranking Muslim speaks about his promotion|work=Official website|publisher=Royal Navy |date=1 September 2006 |accessdate=2008-02-12]He served as Naval Base Commander, Portsmouth in the early 2000s where his accommodation was in Spithead House.
He is now based in Bristol and is husband to Wendy Hussain and father to 3 children Sam, Zara and Hannah.
Hussain is expected to be appointed as Capability Manager (Precision Attack) in succession to Rear-Admiral Paul Lambert with effect from May 2009.Fact|date=June 2008
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