Zamzam Ibrahim
{{short description|President of the National Union of Students}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Zamzam Ibrahim
| office = 60th President of the National Union of Students
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| predecessor = Shakira Martin
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| successor = Larissa Kennedy
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| office1 = Vice President for Society & Citizenship
| predecessor1 = Rob Young
| successor1 = Position abolished
| termend1 = 1 July 2019
| termstart1 = 3 July 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|06|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sweden
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| nationality = Swedish
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| residence = Greater Manchester
| alma_mater = University of Salford
| occupation = NUS President, Politician, Activist
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| term_start = 3 July 2019
| term_end = 30 June 2020
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Zamzam Ibrahim is a student politician who was the President of the UK National Union of Students (NUS) from 2019 to 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.tes.com/news/zamzam-ibrahim-elected-nus-national-president|title=Zamzam Ibrahim elected NUS national president|publisher=TES|date=9 April 2019}} She is also the President and a founding trustee of Students Organising for Sustainability.{{Cite web|url=https://sustainability.nus.org.uk/about/timeline-of-our-work|title=SOS-UK Our background|website=sustainability.nus.org.uk}} She succeeded Shakira Martin. She was formerly the NUS Vice President of Society & Citizenship.{{cite web|url=https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/zamzam-ibrahim-elected-as-nus-vice-president-society-and-citizenship|title=Zamzam Ibrahim elected as NUS vice president (society and development)|publisher=NUS Connect|date=13 April 2018}} This followed her term as Salford Students' Union President 2017-2018 and Vice-President of Business and Law 2015–2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.salfordstudents.com/articles/from-president-to-president|title=From President to President @ University of Salford Students' Union|website=University of Salford Students' Union}} Before she was a full-time officer at NUS, she served on the National Executive Committee for two years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.salfordstudents.com/articles/well-done-zamzam|title=WELL DONE ZAMZAM! @ University of Salford Students' Union|website=University of Salford Students' Union}} She is now the Vice-President of the European students union.
Early life and career
Zamzam was born in Sweden in 1994 and is Somali, but moved to Greater Manchester at an early age.{{Cite web|url=https://feweek.co.uk/2019/11/12/profile-zamzam-ibrahim/|title=Profile: Zamzam Ibrahim|first=Jess|last=Staufenberg|date=12 November 2019|website=FE Week}} She is fluent in Swedish, Somali and English.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} Before becoming an elected officer at NUS, Zamzam worked as a fundraiser for Penny Appeal, an interpreter for Pearl Linguistics Ltd, a radio presenter at ALLFM 96.9 and a project worker at Bolton Solidarity Community Association.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} She has been a vocal advocate against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation).{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} She went to the University of Salford and gained a first class degree in Accounting & Finance.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} During her time at University she was President of the Somali society and was in multiple other societies such as TedX and Business.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} She has volunteered for organisations such as Human Appeal.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
Presidency of NUS
Ibrahim took office on 1 July 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/zamzam-ibrahim-nus-president-national-union-students-election-racism-fees-a8863261.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/zamzam-ibrahim-nus-president-national-union-students-election-racism-fees-a8863261.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Zamzam Ibrahim elected as NUS president|date=10 April 2019|website=The Independent}}{{cbignore}} During her term as President she has headed up multiple campaigns including the drive to get young people registered to vote in the 2019 General Election,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/campaigns/got-5-register-to-vote|title=Got 5? Voter Registration @ NUS Connect|website=www.nusconnect.org.uk}} the campaign for a National Education Service{{Cite web|url=https://www.nus.org.uk/en/news/press-releases/nus-launches-national-education-service-nes-campaign-to-span-a-decade/|title=NUS Launches National Education Service (NES) Campaign, To Span a Decade|website=www.nus.org.uk}} and leading the Teach the Future Campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://www.teachthefuture.uk/|title=Climate Crisis Education|website=Teach the Future}}
She was succeeded by Larissa Kennedy in July 2020.{{Cite web | url=https://conference.nusconnect.org.uk/results/ftoelectionresults | title=FTO Election Results @ Conference}}
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