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Shami Chakrabarti

British lawyer and politician (born 1969)
Person human Q7487533

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16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[22]
Date of birth
June 16, 1969, 1969[7]
Place of birth
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
politician, human rights defender, barrister, lawyer
Field of work
politics, legal work, human rights[9][10][11]
Position held
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the House of Lords, Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales, Chancellor of the University of Essex[12][13]
Educated at
London School of Economics and Political Science, Bentley Wood High School[14][15]
Member of political party
Labour Party[23]
Award received
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Internet and Society Award, OII Lifetime Achievement Award, President's Medal, prix Giles, honorary doctorate[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[26]
Family name
Chakrabarti[24]
Given name
Shami[25]
Has written for
TheGuardian.com[28]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Human rights[27]
🏷️ Also known as
en Baroness Chakrabarti en Shami Chakrabarti en Sharmishta Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti ar شامي شكرابارتي cs Shami Chakrabartiová cs Sharmishta Chakrabarti fa شامی چاکرابارتی ja シャミ・チャクラバティ nl Sharmishta Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti zh 沙米·查克拉巴蒂 zh 莎米·查克蕾巴蒂 zh 莎米·查卡巴蒂
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000082878714
VIAF cluster ID
108060278
Library of Congress authority ID
no2010042425
GND ID
142190403
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Official portrait of Baroness Chakrabarti.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
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Beamish peerage database person ID
2474
Companies House officer ID
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Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
184418011
JRC Names ID
20888
NL CR AUT ID
pna20231205249
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National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp82490
Olympedia people ID
1100142
OpenSanctions ID
Shami Chakrabarti
Parliament.uk member ID
4579
Plex person key
5e1653d31493cd003f0fbe5e
The Guardian profile ID
shamichakrabarti
The Peerage person ID
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TheyWorkForYou ID
25581
UK Parliament ID
N5VRJOUS
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
430684
Who's Who UK ID
U10000391
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/496ac400-9b71-4089-997f-656f7465bb0f
ČSFD person ID
141532

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Award received 6
honorary doctorate, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, prix Giles, President's Medal, Internet and Society Award, OII Lifetime Achievement Award
Occupation 4
lawyer, politician, human rights defender, barrister
Field of work 2
politics, human rights
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
London School of Economics and Political Science
Family name 1
Chakrabarti
Has written for 1
TheGuardian.com
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of political party 1
Labour Party
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Human rights
OpenSanctions ID 1
Shami Chakrabarti
Place of birth 1
London
Sex or gender 1
female
← Contributor to the creative work or subject 1
Magna Carta (An Embroidery)
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Summary

Shami Chakrabarti was born on June 16, 1969[1], in London[2]. She has worked as a politician[3], human rights defender[4], barrister[5], and lawyer[6].

FAQs

Where was Shami Chakrabarti born?

Shami Chakrabarti was born in London[2].

What did Shami Chakrabarti do for work?

Shami Chakrabarti worked as a politician[3], human rights defender[4], barrister[5], and lawyer[6].

Where did Shami Chakrabarti go to school?

Shami Chakrabarti was educated at London School of Economics and Political Science[14] and Bentley Wood High School[15].

What awards did Shami Chakrabarti receive?

Honors received include Commander of the Order of the British Empire[16], Internet and Society Award[17], OII Lifetime Achievement Award[18], and President's Medal[19].

Related Entities

human rights lawyer London politics United Kingdom

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . www5.open.ac.uk. www5.open.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → London
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Has written for → TheGuardian.com
    Given name → Shami
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