Zubir Ahmed

Ahmed was born to Pakistani parents who emigrated to Scotland in the 1960s, and was the eldest of five children. His father was a taxi driver and he grew up in Govanhill, Glasgow. Ahmed was privately educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School, where he was a contemporary of Anas Sarwar and Humza Yousaf. He was awarded a Master of Science in healthcare from University College London in 2012, did a research fellowship in transplantation at King's College London in 2019, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde in 2020. Ahmed was a transplant and vascular surgeon in Glasgow and volunteered in Pakistan. Following his election to Parliament, he continued to practise to maintain his medical licence. ==Political career==

Ahmed joined the Labour Party as a teenager, and decided to stand for office during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was the Labour candidate for Glasgow Pollok in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, coming second to the Scottish National Party's (SNP) Humza Yousaf. He was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, several weeks after his election. Ahmed received a £10,000 donation from the think tank Labour Together, which is closely associated with the right wing of the Labour Party. ==Personal life==

Ahmed lives in Glasgow South West with his family. ==References==