Miatta Nema Fahnbulleh (born September 1979)[1] is a Liberian-born British economist. She is the Labour Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Camberwell and Peckham in the next United Kingdom general election.
Miatta Fahnbulleh | |
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| Born | Miatta Nema Fahnbulleh September 1979 (age 44) Liberia |
| Nationality |
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| Political party | Labour Party |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Development economics Public policy |
| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford (BA) London School of Economics (MA, Ph.D.) |
Until December 2023, she was the Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation.[2][3]
Early life and education edit
Fahnbullah was born in Liberia to a Liberian father and a Sierra-Leonean mother and has a brother, Gamal.[4] The family fled at the onset of the First Liberian Civil War in 1986 to the UK where they applied for asylum.[5]
Fahnbulleh attended Beechwood Sacred Heart School, an independent school in Tunbridge Wells.[5] After studying at Lincoln College, Oxford, she graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics and obtained a Ph.D. in Economic Development in 2005 from the London School of Economics.[6][5][7] Fahnbulleh wrote her dissertation on the adoption of and success of industrial policy in Ghana and Kenya.[7]
Career edit
Fahnbulleh was the Head of Cities in the policy unit at the Cabinet Office from 2011 to 2013; the director of policy and research at the IPPR from December 2016 to November 2017; and the Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation between November 2017 and December 2023.[5][8]
On 22 May 2022, Fahnbulleh was a recipient of the MotheRED grant, which provides funding for mothers to stand as parliamentary candidates for the Labour Party.[9] In September 2022, Fahnbulleh announced that she was standing to be the prospective parliamentary candidate in Camberwell and Peckham at the next United Kingdom general election.[10] On 19 November 2022, she was selected by local Labour Party members as the candidate.[11][12] The constituency will be an open seat, as Harriet Harman is standing down after 40 years as MP.[13]
Personal life edit
References edit
- ^ "Miatta Nema FAHNBULLEH - Personal Appointments (Free information from Companies House)".
- ^ "New Economics Foundation Appoints Miatta Fahnbulleh as New CEO". Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ Jeraj, Samir (16 February 2022). "Miatta Fahnbulleh: Skill up to save the planet". New Statesman.
- ^ "Sky News Daily - What does it mean to be black and British?".
- ^ a b c d Foster, Dawn (31 October 2017). "Miatta Fahnbulleh: 'People's tolerance for an unfair economic model has hit a buffer'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Miatta Fahnbulleh". Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ a b "The Elusive Quest for Industrialisation in Africa: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Kenya, c1950-2000". Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "New Economics Foundation appoints Dr Danny Sriskandarajah as new Chief Exec | New Economics Foundation". New Economics Foundation. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ a b Creasy, Stella (22 May 2022). "The first 18 mothers who will receive a MotheRED grant to stand for selection". LabourList. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ Neame, Katie. "Camberwell and Peckham's next Labour candidate – runners and riders". LabourList. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Miatta Fahnbulleh is set to be Labour candidate for Camberwell and Peckham - Southwark News". Southwark News. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Miatta Fahnbulleh [@Miatsf] (19 November 2022). "I'm absolutely elated to have been selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate for Camberwell & Peckham! Thank you to local party members, & all those who supported me because they want this community to have a national voice fighting for the big ideas that change our lives" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Harriet Harman to step down after 40 years in parliament". The Guardian. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Eaton, George (7 April 2018). "New Economics Foundation head Miatta Fahnbulleh on how to replace the UK's broken economic model". New Statesman. Retrieved 27 February 2024.