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Father's Name
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Shah Mushtaque Ahmed
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Mother's Name
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Smt. Bilquis Jahan
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Date of Birth
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16 Jan 1951
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Place of Birth
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Patna, Bihar
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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16 Jan 2001
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Spouse's Name
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Smt. Hena Tariq
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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4
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Educational
Qualifications
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B.Sc. Educated at College of Commerce, Patna, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Bihar
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Permanent Address
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Rashtrawadi Bhawan, Gami Tola,
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Katihar-854105,Bihar
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Tel : (06452) 248786
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Present Address
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AB-11, Tilak Marg,
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New Delhi-110001
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Tel : (011) 23384374, 09868181278 (M)
Fax : (011) 23384392
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Positions Held
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1972-74
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President, Pirbahory, Thana Congress Committee
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1974-76
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Secretary, Bihar Youth Congress Committee
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1976-81
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President, Bihar State Youth Congress (I)
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1980-84
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Member, 7th Lok Sabha
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1981
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General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress (I)
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1982
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Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (I)
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1982-85
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President, Indian Youth Congress (I)
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1982-85
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Chairman, Bihar State Small Scale Industries Corporation
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1985-89
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Member, 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1985-87
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Chairman, All India Congress Seva Dal (I)
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1987-88
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President, Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (I)
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1988-89
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Working Chairman, Bihar Pradesh 20 Point Programme Implementation Committee
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1989-90
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Working Chairman, Bihar State 15 Point Implementation Committee for Welfare of Minorities
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1993-96
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Chairman, All India Congress Commiittee (I) Minority Dept.
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1993-96
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Chairman, Ajmer Dargah Committee
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1996-97
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Political Secretary to President, Indian National Congress
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1996-98
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Member, 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1997-99
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General Secretary, All India Congress Committee (I)
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1997-99
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Elected Member, Congress Working Committee
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1998-99
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Member, 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1999 Onwards
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Founder General Secretary of Nationalist Congress Party
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July 2004
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Elected to Rajya Sabha
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2004-2009
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Member, Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
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2004-2009
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Member, Consultative Commitee for the Ministry of External Affairs
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November 2004
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Member, Commitee on Rules
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April 2008
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Nominated to the panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha
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2009
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Member, Department related Standing Committee on Home Affairs
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Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
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Leader, NCP Party in Rajya Sabha
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July 2010
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Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd Term)
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Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha
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October, 2010
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Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table, Rajya Sabha
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2010
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Member, Committee on Ethics and Public Accounts Committee
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Member, Select Committee on the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2010
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2011
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Member, Central Wakf Council Convener: Sub-Committee on the Admn. of Union Territories
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October, 2012
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Served as Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
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May, 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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June, 2014
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Elected as Leader of Nationalist Congress Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha
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13 June 2014 onwards
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Member (Special Invitee), Business Advisory Committee
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1 Sep. 2014 -11 Sep. 2014
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Member, Standing Committee on Labour
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11 Sep. 2014 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Member, Court of Jamia Milia Islamia
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29 Jan. 2015 onwards
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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05 Feb. 2015 onwards
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Member, Committee on Government Assurance
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Founder President, (i) All India Qaumi Tanzeem, a registered social organization working for the welfare of weaker sections and minorities since 1986 and (ii) Jan Astha, a registered social organization since 1991; (iii) Founder Chairman, Yasmin Foundation, a registered Charitable Trust since 1997; (iv) Founder Chairman, Disha Charitable Trust since 2005; (v) Board of Trustee of Rajendra Bhawan Trust, New Delhi
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Special Interests
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Sports, especially Badminton
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Badminton, Table Tennis, Cricket, Football, Tennis, Volley Ball & Kabbadi; Watching Films and T.V and reading books
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Sports and Clubs
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Hony. Member, National Sports Club of India, Delhi; Member (ii) India International Centre, New Delhi and (iii) India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi; (iv) Life Member, Constitution Club; deeply interested in sports especially in badminton, table tennis, cricket, football, tennis, volley ball & kabaddi.
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Countries Visited
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Widely Travelled
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Other Information
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His family has been associated with the freedom struggle; His grandfather, Barrister Shah Zubair represented Bihar in Council of States. He was an eminent freedom fighter, a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and was President of Bihar and Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee. His father, Late Shah Mustaque Ahmed was Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was Chairman of Bihar State Sunni Waqf Board and Bihar State Urdu Academy; started career as a journalist; Founder Editor, Chhatra, a Fortnightly tabloid in Hindi published from Patna, 1972-74; Editor, Yuvak Dhara, first a weekly tabloid and later a fortnightly magazine published from Patna from 1974 and later published form Delhi since 1982; Editor, Tanzeem Times, a monthly magazine in English published from New Delhi since 1986; Chief Editor, Sadakat Vani, a monthly magazine in Hindi published from Patna since 1988; Founder Editor, Rashtrawadi Sankalp, a weekly newspaper in Hindi published from Mumbai since 2001.
He visited diferent countries • Represented as a member of Indian Delegation of World Youth festival in Cuba in 1978.
• Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation headed by the Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha at the Inter Parliamentary Conference held in Ottawa (Canada) in 1985.
• Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation at the Inter Parliamentary Conference held in Bulgaria in 1987.
• Member, Indian Goodwill Haj Delegation to Saudi Arabia in 1988. •
Member of the Indian Delegation to the United Nations, October, 2006. • Member of the Indian Delegation to the 63rd Annual Session of United Nations General Assembly, October, 2008. • Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to participate in the Meeting of Standing Committee on Political Affairs and ad-hoc working Group on ICT of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly held in 2010 in Tehran (Ran). • Participated in World Agriculture Ministers` Conference at Berlin (Germany) in 2013 & 2014. • Participated in Asian Agriculture Ministers` Conference at Bangkok (Thailand) in 2014.
• Visited Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, France, Germany, Holland, Iran, Italy, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Thailand, U.A.E., U.K., Ukraine and U.S.A. as member of Parliamentary Delegation and in other capacities.
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