Nasim Ali, LB Camden
Board Member
Councillor Nasim Ali (Nash) is Leader of Camden Council and Leader of the Labour Group. He has been a ward councillor for Regents Park in Camden since May 2002. Nash was born in Sylhet, Bangladesh and came to the UK aged 7. He grew up on the Regent’s Park Estate where he has been active in the local community over the past 25 years. Nash is married and has three lovely young children.
Nash is the executive director of the King’s Cross Brunswick Neighbourhood Association where he has recently completed the highly successful refurbishment of the Marchmont Community Centre. His early initiatives included the Camden Monitoring Group (1989) to combat racial harassment and the Camden United Project (1994) to unite young people through their common interest in football diverting them away from racism, crime and conflict. As a result of his community work, Nash received one of the first Camden Good Citizen Awards.
Nash was appointed Mayor of Camden at the age of 34 (2003/4) when he was the youngest Mayor in the country. Nash has achieved a number of firsts in Camden: the first Bangladeshi Leader of Camden Council, the youngest ever Mayor; the first Bangladeshi Mayor; the first Muslim Mayor & the first Bangladeshi Executive Member. Nash sees his role as reaching out to all sections of the community to ensure that the political process is understood by all and works well for everyone.
