The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire
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The office of High Sheriff is an independent non-political royal appointment made by the Queen. While the role dates back to Saxon times, it has evolved to include a mix of ceremonial, charitable and community functions and is voluntary and unfunded. Supporting the crown (for example, attendance at royal visits) and judiciary remain central elements.
The current High Sheriff of Oxfordshire is Imam Monawar Hussain, MBE DL FRSA.
He was sworn in on 8 April 2021 at a virtual ceremony attended by over 300 individuals from across Oxfordshire.
Monawar is a Muslim chaplain at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a tutor at Eton College and founded The Oxford Foundation – a charity that promotes religious and racial harmony through educational and arts-based activities. He has also devised, pioneered and successfully steered a unique programme that confronts violent extremist ideology, which has been used to train religious education teachers in the UK.
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High Sheriff of Oxfordshire opens new R&D laboratories at Wood Centre...
The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, Imam Monawar Hussain has officially opened the newly-converted class II R&D laboratories alongside Jeremy Long, chair of the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP), and Steve Burgess of The Oxford Trust, the charity that owns the building. Also in attendance were founders of the two biotech companies that have taken space […]