Anood Al-Samerai

Anood Al-Samerai is a British politician from the Liberal Democrats who served as leader of Southwark's Liberal Democrat Group.

Early life Born in Southwark, London to an Iraqi father and an English mother. Al-Samerai had lived in Kuwait prior to reaching the age of ten with both her parents until she later moved to London due to the occurrence of the first Gulf War.

Career From 2004, Al-Samerai managed the Liberal Democrats MP Simon Hughes office, with previous experience working within the British public sector including work for Guy's Hospital, as well as working abroad in orphanages both in Bosnia and Bulgaria. She stepped down in 2022.