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Munira Mirza
British political adviser (born 1978)
Munira Mirza (born May 1978) is a British political advisor who served as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit under Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2019 until she resigned in February 2022.
Hen Munira Mirza, an advisor on arts and philanthropy to the UK government and the former deputy mayor for education and culture of London.
She previously worked under Johnson as Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture when he was Mayor of London.
Early life and education
Mirza was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.[1] Her family came to the United Kingdom from Pakistan;[2][3] her father found work in a factory while her mother was a housewife and taught Urdu part-time.[4] She had two older brothers and an older sister.[5] Mirza went to Breeze Hill School until 16, then moved to Oldham Sixth Form College for her A-levels.[6] She was the only pupil in her Sixth Form college to gain a place at Oxford University,[7] where she read English Literature at Mansfield College, graduating in 1999.
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