Zamzam Ibrahim

Zamzam Ibrahim is a student politician who was the President of the UK National Union of Students (NUS) in 2019–2020.[2] She is also the President and a founding trustee of Students Organising for Sustainability.[3] She succeeded Shakira Martin. She was formerly the NUS Vice President of Society & Citizenship.[4] This followed her term as Salford Students' Union President 2017-2018 and Vice-President of Business and Law 2015–2016.[5] Before she was a full-time officer at NUS, she served on the National Executive Committee for two years.[6] She is now the Vice-President of the European students union.

Zamzam Ibrahim
60th President of the National Union of Students
In office
3 July 2019 – 30 June 2020
Preceded byShakira Martin
Succeeded byLarissa Kennedy
Majority125 (18.4%)[1]
Vice President for Society & Citizenship
In office
3 July 2018 – 1 July 2019
Preceded byRob Young
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994
Sweden
ResidenceGreater Manchester
Alma materUniversity of Salford
OccupationNUS President, Politician, Activist

Early life and career

Zamzam was born in Sweden in 1994 and is Somali, but moved to Greater Manchester at an early age.[7] She is fluent in Swedish, Somali and English. 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. She has been a vocal advocate against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation). She went to the University of Salford and gained a first class degree in Accounting & Finance. During her time at University she was President of the Somali society and was in multiple other societies such as TedX and Business. She has volunteered for organisations such as Human Appeal.

Presidency of NUS

Ibrahim took office on 1 July 2019.[8] 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,[9] the campaign for a National Education Service[10] and leading the Teach the Future Campaign.[11]

She was succeeded by Larissa Kennedy in July 2020.[12]

References
  1. "NUS National Conference". YouTube. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. "Zamzam Ibrahim elected NUS national president". TES. 9 April 2019.
  3. "SOS-UK Our background". sustainability.nus.org.uk.
  4. "Zamzam Ibrahim elected as NUS vice president (society and development)". NUS Connect. 13 April 2018.
  5. "From President to President @ University of Salford Students' Union". University of Salford Students' Union.
  6. "WELL DONE ZAMZAM! @ University of Salford Students' Union". University of Salford Students' Union.
  7. Staufenberg, Jess (12 November 2019). "Profile: Zamzam Ibrahim". FE Week.
  8. "Zamzam Ibrahim elected as NUS president". The Independent. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
  9. "Got 5? Voter Registration @ NUS Connect". www.nusconnect.org.uk.
  10. "NUS Launches National Education Service (NES) Campaign, To Span a Decade". www.nus.org.uk.
  11. "Climate Crisis Education". Teach the Future.
  12. "FTO Election Results @ Conference".
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