| 词条 | Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba |
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Lord Loomba | image = Official portrait of Lord Loomba crop 2.jpg |honorific-suffix = CBE | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|11|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dhilwan, Punjab, India | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | spouse = Veena Chaudhry | party = Non-affiliated | alma_mater = State University of Iowa, United States }}Rajinder Paul Loomba, Baron Loomba, CBE (born 13 November 1943, Dhilwan, Punjab, India) is a philanthropist, founder and executive chairman of clothing company Rinku Group, and a member of the House of Lords. Originally a Liberal Democrat peer, Lord Loomba resigned the whip in 2016.[1] Life and careerLoomba was born as one of seven children in Dhilwan, in the state of Punjab, India. He was educated at D.A.V. College, Jallandhar and at the State University of Iowa;[2] his family moved to England in 1962. Loomba built up his fashion business from scratch, graduating from a stall at Widnes market to a shop, a wholesale business and then an import company, Rinku Group Ltd. The company has over 200 retail concession outlets in the UK, offices in London, Delhi and China, and supplies major retail groups.[3] Loomba is a member of the Rotary Club in London, the Institute of Directors and is a Freeman of the City of London. He is Chairman of the Friends of the Three Faiths Forum, is Patron of Children In Need India, and is the Founding Patron of the World Punjabi Organisation.[4] He is Vice President of Barnardo’s[5] and of the Safer London Foundation, a charity backed by the Metropolitan Police.[6] In 1997 he was named Asian of the Year UK by Asian Who’s Who International.[7] Loomba is married to Veena Chaudhry, with whom he has two daughters and one son. Charity workLoomba has become well known for his fundraising and campaigning concerning the issue of widowhood in the developing world. His mother, Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba, was widowed at the age of 37 in India,[8] and Loomba experienced first-hand the social and economic discrimination that widows in that country faced. It was in his mother’s memory that Loomba set up his charity, The Loomba Foundation, which works to raise awareness of the issue of widowhood and which raises funds to educate the children of poor widows in India and empower widows in other developing countries in south Asia and across Africa. The flagship of the charity’s awareness campaign is International Widows Day, which takes place annually on 23 June, the anniversary of his mother’s widowhood. Following a sustained campaign, on 21 December 2010 the United Nations General Assembly formally recognised, by unanimous acclaim, 23 June as International Widows Day.[9] In recognition of his contribution to charity, in the 2008 Birthday Honours Loomba was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE);[10] he received his award from Prince Charles at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.[11] House of LordsOn 12 January 2011 Loomba was ennobled as a life peer with the name, style and title of Baron Loomba, of Moor Park in the county of Hertfordshire.[12] He took up his seat in the House of Lords on 13 January 2011, representing the Liberal Democrats.[13] He was introduced to the House on 17 January 2011, supported by the Lords McNally and Dholakia.[14] On 21 January 2011 he gave his maiden speech in the House during a debate on the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill.[15] Loomba's company, Rinku Group PLC, had previously made a donation of £2,500 to the leadership campaign of Nick Clegg in December 2007.[16] His nomination to the peerage attracted controversy after it emerged that one of the three members of the House of Lords Appointments Commission who approved his appointment, Liberal Democrat peer Lord Dholakia, had accepted six overseas trips in the previous four years, paid for by Loomba's charitable foundation, the Loomba Trust. Two of the trips, to Toronto and New York City, took place during the time the Commission was considering Loomba's appointment.[17] Loomba donated more than £350,000 to the Liberal Democrats between 2011 and 2013. In December 2016, Lord Loomba left the Liberal Democrats and now sits as a non-affiliated Peer. Explaining his decision he said: "I now wish to concentrate on issues such as human rights, gender equality, education and above all the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals".[18] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/l/23154/Rajinder%20Paul%20%28Raj%29%20Loomba+LOOMBA.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-04-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830132829/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/l/23154/Rajinder%20Paul%20(Raj)%20Loomba+LOOMBA.aspx |archivedate=30 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.asian-whoswho.com/viewasian.asp?aid=9 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-04-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030020021/http://www.asian-whoswho.com/viewasian.asp?aid=9 |archivedate=30 October 2005 |df=dmy-all }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.theloombafoundation.org/sites/default/files/pdf/LR_9501_Loomba.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-04-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323050533/http://www.theloombafoundation.org/sites/default/files/pdf/LR_9501_Loomba.pdf |archivedate=23 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }} 4. ^http://globalpf.org/strategic-advisors.html?show=25 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Lord_Loomba&pPK=d3388ae8-cf3f-435e-9979-92a7aebe7816 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-04-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419153712/http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Lord_Loomba&pPK=d3388ae8-cf3f-435e-9979-92a7aebe7816 |archivedate=19 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/rajinder-loomba/90427 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-04-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001202505/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/rajinder-loomba/90427 |archivedate=1 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.asian-whoswho.com/viewasian.asp?aid=9 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-04-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030020021/http://www.asian-whoswho.com/viewasian.asp?aid=9 |archivedate=30 October 2005 |df=dmy-all }} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.theloombafoundation.org/index.php?q=about/inspiration|title=The Loomba Foundation {{!}} Empowering Widows Worldwide {{!}} Children's Education|website=www.theloombafoundation.org|access-date=2019-04-04}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/65/189|title=United Nations Official Document|website=www.un.org|access-date=2019-04-04}} 10. ^{{London Gazette |issue=58729 |date=14 June 2008 |page=25 |supp=y}} 11. ^http://www.india-server.com/news/nri-entrepreneur-raj-loomba-receives-cbe-5111.html{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 12. ^{{London Gazette |issue=59672 |date=17 January 2011 |page=80 }} 13. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12178726 | work=BBC News | title=Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes takes Lords seat | date=13 January 2011}} 14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2011-01-17b.1.0|title=Introduction: Lord Loomba: 17 Jan 2011: House of Lords debates|website=TheyWorkForYou|language=en|access-date=2019-04-04}} 15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-raj-loombas-maiden-speech-22840.html|title=Lord Raj Loomba’s maiden speech|website=Liberal Democrat Voice|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-04}} 16. ^https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/CommonReturnsSearch.aspx?type=basicDonationSearch Electoral Commission website, register of political donations - EC number C0002451 - donation accepted on 17 December 2002 17. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333712/Lib-Dem-Lord-Dholakia-row-peerage-friend-Raj-Loomba.html | location=London | work=Daily Mail | first=Abul | last=Taher | title=Lib Dem in row over peerage for his friend | date=28 November 2010}} 18. ^{{Cite news|url=http://indiagbnews.com/government/lord-raj-loomba-exits-lib-dem-fold/|title=British Indian Lord Raj Loomba exits Lib Dem fold - IndiaGB News - INDIA UK NEWS {{!}} ANGLO INDIA NEWS {{!}} BRITISH INDIA NEWS {{!}} INDIA EXPORTS NEWS {{!}} UK EXPORTS NEWS {{!}} ASEAN UK NEWS {{!}}INDIA TOURISM{{!}}|date=2016-12-14|work=IndiaGB News - INDIA UK NEWS {{!}} ANGLO INDIA NEWS {{!}} BRITISH INDIA NEWS {{!}} INDIA EXPORTS NEWS {{!}} UK EXPORTS NEWS {{!}} ASEAN UK NEWS {{!}}INDIA TOURISM{{!}}|access-date=2017-03-10|language=en-GB}} External links
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