Krish Raval, Baron Raval

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Raval
OBE
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 January 2025
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Krish Kumar Sureshchandra Raval

Ethiopia
Political party Labour

Krish Kumar Sureshchandra Raval, Baron Raval, OBE is a British lawyer, life peer and the director of Faith in Leadership.

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Early life and education

Raval was born in Ethiopia to Indian, Hindu parents. He read law at Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Sheffield. [1] [2]

Career

Raval is the director of Faith in Leadership, an organisation focused on interfaith cooperation for the public good established in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings, and is a faculty member of the University of Cambridge's School of Divinity. [1] [3] He is also Chair of Labour Indians, [4] and a member of City Sikhs' Advisory Board. [2]

He was nominated for a life peerage in December 2024 by Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the Labour Party as part of the 2024 Political Peerages. [5] He was created Baron Raval, of Hertsmere in the County of Hertfordshire on 29 January 2025, [6] swearing his oath of allegiance on the Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is . [7]

Personal life

Raval is Hindu. [1] As a child, he attended the Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire. He is married to Dr. Lucy Raval, the Lady Raval. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Awakin.org. "Conversation with Krish Raval | Awakin Call". www.awakin.org. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 Saheba (21 December 2024). "Indian-origin Krish Raval nominated by UK PM for Peerage". New India Abroad. Archived from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Krish Raval, City Sikhs Advisory Board member, receives OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2018". City Sikhs . 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Pramod (21 December 2024). "Starmer nominates Raval, Debbonnaire for peerage". Eastern Eye . Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Political Peerages December 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "No. 64648". The London Gazette . 4 February 2025. p. 1910.
  7. 1 2 Mohan Das, Radha (13 February 2025). "Lord Raval Makes Oath of Allegiance with Bhagavad Gita As It Is". ISKCON News . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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