Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Warsi
PC
The Right Honourable The Baroness Warsi PC
	Official portrait, 2018
Senior Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
	In office; 4 September 2012 – 5 August 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	The Lord Howell of Guildford
Succeeded by	The Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Minister of State for Faith and Communities
	In office; 4 September 2012 – 5 August 2014
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Eric Pickles
Minister without Portfolio
	In office; 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Hazel Blears
Succeeded by	Ken Clarke; Grant Shapps
Chairwoman of the Conservative Party
	In office; 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012; Served with The Lord Feldman of Elstree
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Eric Pickles
Succeeded by	Grant Shapps
Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action
	In office; 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 October 2007; Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	28 March 1971; Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Dewsbury College (now Kirklees College); University of Leeds; University of Law

Sayeeda Hussain Warsi, Baroness Warsi, PC (/ˈvɑːrsiː/; born 28 March 1971) is a British lawyer, politician, and member of the House of Lords who served as co-chairwoman of the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2012. She served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition, first as the Minister without portfolio between 2010 and 2012, then as the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (styled as "Senior Minister of State") and as the Minister of State for Faith and Communities, until her resignation citing her disagreement with the Government's policy relating to the Israel–Gaza conflict in August 2014.

Warsi grew up in a family of Pakistani Muslim immigrants living in West Yorkshire. She became a solicitor with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). In 2004, she left the CPS to stand, unsuccessfully, for election to the House of Commons. After being raised to the peerage in 2007, Warsi served as Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action. She became the first Muslim to serve as a Cabinet Minister.

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