The Mayor
Introduction
Mayor of Calderdale 2011-2012
Councillor Dr Nader Fekri JP
Nader was born in Iran and moved to Britain as an eight-year-old, to live on the south coast, before moving to Manchester to attend university where he read History and Politics.
He has worked variously as a researcher, teacher and university lecturer, teaching at universities across Britain and Europe, most recently at the University of Bradford.
He has been a member of Calderdale Council since 2004 and of Hebden Royd Town Council since 2003, becoming Mayor of Hebden Royd in 2007 and serving as Deputy Mayor of Calderdale in 2009. He was Chair of the Lib Dem group on Calderdale 2010-2011.
He is a school governor at Riverside Junior School and a magistrate on the Calderdale Bench in Halifax. He is a pacifist and humanist and a supporter of Amnesty International, Medecins Sans Frontieres, and the National Secular Society.
Nader married his wife Helen in 1999 and has three wonderful young sons.
In his spare time, he enjoys solving The Guardian cryptic crossword, reading Modern European Detective Fiction and following the trials and tribulations of Tranmere Rovers.
Mayoress of Calderdale 2011-2012
Ms Helen Silvester
Helen was born and grew up in Birmingham. After graduating from university with a degree in European Studies, she spent three years teaching in Portugal, followed by two years working as a teacher trainer for VSO in Thailand.
In 1994, she gained a Master’s Degree in Education from Leeds University where she first fell in love with West Yorkshire. Following graduation, she secured a post with the British Council in the Czech Republic where she met Nader at an academic conference in Prague.
After marrying, they moved back to the UK and to Hebden Bridge to raise their young family.
Helen continues her career as a manager at the British Council in Manchester.
In her spare time, she enjoys Zumba, walking, cooking Thai, Chinese and Indian food and reading modern British novels.
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