Researching Keith Vaz
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2 people with the Vaz surname? In that year Vaz was ranked number 3577 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Keith means "forest" and is of Scottish origin.
Records of Keith Vaz on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Keith Vaz and the Vaz Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 294 people with the Vaz surname in the UK? Vaz is now ranked number 3765 for popularity in the UK. |
Vaz Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Vaz surname in the USA? Vaz is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Keith Vaz
Keith Vaz
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East from 1987 to 2019. He was the British Parliament's longest-serving British Asian MP.
Vaz served as the Minister for Europe between October 1999 and June 2001. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in June 2006. He was Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee from July 2007, but resigned from this role on 6 September 2016 after the Sunday Mirror revealed he had engaged in unprotected sexual activity with male prostitutes and had said he would pay for cocaine if they wished to use it.
At the end of October 2016, Vaz was appointed to the Justice Select Committee; a parliamentary vote to block his appointment was defeated. On 10 November 2019, he said in a statement that he was retiring from Parliament and would not be standing for re-election at the general election the following month.
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