Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn
- Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn
Adam Hafejee Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn (born 7 June 1940) is a British businessman.
The son of Hafejee Ismail and Aman Hafejee Patel was educated at The Pioneer High School, Bharuch, in the Indian district Gujarat, and the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce.
The retired managing director of a clothing manufacturing company, he was director of the East Lancashire Training Enterprise Council, and Enterprise plc. He is a former President of Lancashire Council of Mosques, Vice-President of the Blackburn Community Relations Council, counsellor to the Muslim Council of Britain and chairman of the British Hajj Commission. [http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=1781 Retrieved 2008-01-10.]
On 14 February 2000, he was created a life peer as Baron Patel of Blackburn, of Langho in the County of Lancashire [cite web | url= http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/minutes/000216/ldminute.htm| title= Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords| author= House of Lords| date= 2000-02-16| work= minutes of proceedings| accessdate= 2006-12-03] . Patel is an Honorary Fellow of the Bolton Institute as well as of the University of Central Lancashire.
Patel has been married since 1964. He has four sons and four daughters.
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