Born Bangladesh. First directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets, 2010. In 2015 he was found to be "personally guilty" of "corrupt or illegal practices, or both" and was removed from office.
After forming the new Aspire party, he returned as Mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2022.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Lutfur Rahman
Marvell wrote 'The Garden', the poem which is quoted here.
Middlesex County Councillor. Born Merthyr, Glamorgan. Left money in his will to repair the Chiswick almhouses which were then named in his memory. He was clearly a wealthy man: at Have Your Say Ho...
Anarchist and union organiser. Born Germany. Went to Paris in 1893. Came to London in 1895. 1897 attempted to enter New York with his lifelong companion Milly Witkop, but they were refused entry si...
Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1952.
Committee chairman in Bow in 1900. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man: Initially (ha) we thought the middle initial on the plaque read 'R' but since that name lead nowhere Andrew ...
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