LONDON: Pakistani master’s student Moosa Harraj, son of former federal minister Muhammad Raza Hayat Harraj, has been elected Oxford Union president for Michaelmas Term 2025.
Moosa is the fourth Pakistani to be elected to the prestigious position after former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and former presidents Ahmad Nawaz and Israr Khan. He is the first Pakistani-origin president to hail from Punjab.
Harraj fought the tough contest for the world’s most famous debating society and won a decisive mandate of 200 votes over his opponent, Chris Collins, in an election that saw an unprecedentedly high turnout. He received 833 first preferences, one of the highest votes cast for a candidate for president in recent times.
Harraj joined Oxford University in 2023 to pursue his MPhil in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford. He studied at Aitchison College, Lahore before pursuing the rest of his secondary education at Charterhouse School in Surrey.
Having done his undergraduate studies at the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) and Harvard University, Moosa joined the University of Oxford in 2023 to pursue his MPhil in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford.
