Hanzala Malik

{{Short description|Scottish politician (1956–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Hanzala Malik | image = HanzalaMalikMSP20110601.jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Malik in 2011 | office = Deputy Convener of the [[Committees of the Scottish Parliament|European and External Relations Committee]] | term_start = 14 June 2011 | term_end = 24 March 2016 | predecessor = [[Sandra White]] | successor = [[Lewis MacDonald]] | office2 = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]]<br />for [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow]]<br />{{nobold|(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)}} | parliament2 = | majority2 = | term_start2 = 5 May 2011 | term_end2 = 24 March 2016 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1956|11|26}} | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|12||1956|11|26}} | death_place = Glasgow, Scotland | birth_name = | party = [[Scottish Labour Party]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[University of Paisley]] | profession = | cabinet = | signature = | footnotes = | 1blankname = Convener | 1namedata = [[Christina McKelvie]] }}

'''Hanzala Shaheed Malik''' (26 November 1956 – December 2023) was a [[Scottish Labour Party]] politician. He was a [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP) for the [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow]] region from [[2011 Scottish Parliament election|2011]] until [[2016 Scottish Parliament election|2016]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13036177.double-job-msps-collect-council-pay/|title=Double-job MSPs collect council pay|website=The Herald|location=Glasgow|language=en|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref>

== Early life and career == Born in [[Glasgow]] to a Pakistani father and a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] mother on 26 November 1956, Malik gained a BSc degree in Computing with Business Administration from the [[University of the West of Scotland|University of Paisley]]. Before working in politics, he worked in both the private and public sector including serving as a police [[special constable]] and member of the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2023 |title=Tributes as long serving Glasgow councillor and former MSP die |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23989143.tributes-glasgow-councillor-former-msp-dies/ |access-date=16 December 2023 |website=The Herald |language=en}}</ref>

== Political career == Malik was a [[Glasgow City Council]]lor for the [[Wards of the United Kingdom|one-member ward]] of [[Hillhead]] from 1995 to 2007, then as one of four in the [[Hillhead (ward)|larger multi-member of the same name]] from [[2007 Glasgow City Council election|2007]] to [[2012 Glasgow City Council election|2012]]. In his role as a councillor, Malik was a member of council committees which included Education, Development and Regeneration, Finance, Housing, Licensing, Policy and Resources.

Malik was elected as a Labour MSP for the [[Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Glasgow]] region in the [[2011 Scottish Parliament election]] (he declined to vacate his council seat until elections the following year, despite a by-election already being arranged for the ward after the death of another councillor).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13037275.labour-msp-under-fire-for-double-job/|title=Labour MSP under fire for double job|website=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=29 September 2011|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref> He was eleventh on Labour's regional list at the [[2016 Scottish Parliament election|election in May 2016]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35506730 |title=Scottish Labour unveils candidates list |work=BBC News |date=6 February 2016 |accessdate=29 October 2020}}</ref> and was not re-elected. He was re-elected as a Glasgow City councillor, again for Hillhead, in [[2017 Glasgow City Council election|May 2017]].

Malik endorsed [[Anas Sarwar]] in the [[2021 Scottish Labour leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scottish Leadership Election 2021 – Nominations|url=http://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/2021-leadership-election/nominations/|access-date=24 January 2021|website=Scottish Labour|language=en|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416234857/https://scottishlabour.org.uk/people/2021-leadership-election/nominations/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Personal life and death == Malik was mixed-race; his father was born in Pakistan and his mother was born in Scotland. He had been married for over forty years and had two children and two grandchildren.

Hanzala Malik died in December 2023, at the age of 67.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/long-serving-glasgow-labour-councillor-28287229|title=Long-serving Glasgow Labour councillor and former MSP dies age 67|first=by Drew|last=Sandelands|date=14 December 2023|website=Glasgow Live}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{SP-MSP}} *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/region/html/36139.stm BBC 2011 election results: Glasgow region] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160321125814/http://www.hanzalamalik.org/ Archived website]

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