He is the first elected Member of Parliament of Asian origin to serve as a Minister in the United Kingdom Government. Mr Vaz was educated at St Joseph's Covent in Aden, and The Latymer Upper School in London.

He also attended Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge, and finally the College of Law, Lancaster Gate. Keith was a practising solicitor from 1982 until 1987, working in local government and subsequently for a number of law centres and advice centres.

Politically Mr Vaz has been MP for Leicester East since June 1987, also Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General from 1997 until his appointment as Parliamentary Secretary.

He married Maria Fernandes in 1993. They have a son (Luke aged four) and a daughter (Anjalia aged two).

Contact Details

Tel: 020 7219 6419
Fax: 020 7219 5743

Constituency:
144 Uppingham Road
Leicester
LE5 0QF
Tel: 0116 212 2020

Write comment
Name:
Email:
Title:
UBBCode:	-color-aquablackbluefuchsiagraygreenlimemaroonnavyolivepurpleredsilvertealwhiteyellow -size-tinysmallmediumlargehuge
	Please input the anti-spam code that you can read in the image.

3.20 Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved."