Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz, known as Keith Vaz (born 26 November 1956 in Aden Colony) is a British Labour Party politician and a Member of Parliament for Leicester East. He is the longest-serving Asian MP and has been the Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee since July 2007. He was appointed as a member of the Privy Council in June 2006.He has been named among the most influential Asians in Britain.
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