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Sikh-Briton Harbhajan Kaur is New Mayor of Ealing, London
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Sikh-Briton Councillor Harbhajan Kaur Dheer, 62, has been elected Mayor of Ealing Council in London, United Kingdom.
Harbhajan Kaur was sworn in at a ceremony at the Victoria Hall at Ealing Council on Tuesday, May 12, 2014.
"It is a great privilege and challenge to be the Mayor of Ealing Council in London. I have no illusions about the task ahead. But if I can cope up with my husband at home I can even climb Everest," Kaur said.
Born in Punjab in 1953, Harbhajan Kaur came to Britain in 1975.
The early years in Britain were difficult and she had to work very hard to establish herself and raise two children.
She studied Social Sciences at Kingston University and obtained a degree in 1995. She worked as an Approved Mental Health Professional in Surrey County Council until 2003.
After joining Labour Party in the Eighties, she began to develop her public role within the party and outside in the community.
She has served the Borough as a Governor of a number of schools.
In the Nineties, she worked as a volunteer Home Visitor helping home-bound women with learning English.
She is a passionate advocate of rights of children and elderly, especially those with mental health issues.
A mother of two children - a son and a daughter - she became a grandmother in January this year.
[Edited for sikhchic.com]
May 13, 2015