Lutfur Rahman

Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets · London Borough of Tower Hamlets · company speakers →

Lutfur Rahman was the first directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets from 2010–2015 and was re-elected in May 2022. A solicitor by profession, specialising in family law, he was a member of the Law Society and Law Society Advanced Children’s Law Panel. He grew up in Tower Hamlets, having moved there from Bangladesh. Lutfur began as a Councillor for the Spitalfields and Banglatown ward, later becoming Chair of the Development Panel in 2002. From 2003-2005, he served as Member for Education and Youth Services and subsequently as Lead Member for Culture. Between 2008-2010 he was Leader of the Council. Lutfur was a founding member of the Phoenix Youth Project and the Bow Community School (1982-86), founding member and first treasurer (1990) of Keen Students School and trustee of Tower Hamlets and Canary Wharf Education Trust (2003-05). He was also a member and general secretary of Community Alliance for Police Accountability in 1988 and a member and chairman of Tower Hamlets Law Centre from 1996-2001. Lutfur was a Board member of the Poplar and Leaside Regeneration Project (SRB6) (2001- 2002) and since 2001 has been a Non-Executive Director for the Board of Barts & The Royal London NHS Trust.

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