LONDON: Sadiq Khan has been made a knight in the New Year Honours list after securing a record third term as mayor of London.
Sir Sadiq, the son of a Pakistani bus driver in the capital, said he was “truly humbled” to receive the honour.
He said: “I couldn’t have dreamed when growing up on a council estate in south London that I would one day be mayor of London. It’s the honour of my life to serve the city I love and I will continue to build the fairer, safer, greener and more prosperous London that all of the capital’s communities deserve.”
Born to Pakistani parents in Tooting, South London, Sir Sadiq worked as a human rights lawyer before entering Parliament as MP for his home town in 2005, serving as a junior minister under Gordon Brown and then as shadow justice secretary under Ed Miliband.
In 2016, he defeated Conservative Zac Goldsmith to succeed Boris Johnson as mayor of London, becoming the first Muslim mayor of a major western city and going on to win two further terms.
Sir Sadiq has worked on improving London’s transport as mayor, introducing names and colours for London Overground railway lines in November.
