Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed (born 24 April 1957) is a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom.
He was created a life peer on the recommendation of Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998.
Many of his political activities relate to the Muslim community both in the UK and abroad.
Ahmed was initially, and until he resigned, a member of the Labour Party.
In 2013, he blamed an alleged Jewish conspiracy for a prison sentence he received following a fatal motorway crash.
He was immediately suspended from party, and resigned later in the year.