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A British Pakistani entrepreneur who left school without a single curricular qualification and went on to run a football club has been appointed High Sheriff for Surrey for 2020 – a direct servant to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Shahid Azeem will serve in the honorary position for the county of Surrey – the ‘home country’ with a population of 1.4 million, around 20 miles out of London. Surrey is known as one of the most affluent counties, housing mainly white rich class. It is an esteemed position that dates back more than 1000 years and there are only 45 High Sheriffs, out of a national population of more than 70 million.
