Aamir J. Sheikh

Aamir Javed Sheikh (born 3 March 1970 in Gujrat, Pakistan) is a Norwegian-Pakistani local politician.

Sheikh is married to Afshan Rafiq, who was Norway's first full member of the Norwegian Parliament Stortinget (for Høyre) from a minority background (Athar Ali and Shahbaz Tariq were both deputy representatives).

Since 2003, Aamir J. Sheikh has been the leader of the 14 August committee to celebrate Pakistan's national day in Norway.

As the leader of the 14 August committee, he presented the Bridge Builder of the Year Award to King Harald in 2006 in Oslo.

[1] Sheikh was also the leader of the 17 May committee in Oslo in 2008 (to celebrate Norway's national day).