Zakir Hussain
Administrator of the Haryana Waqf Board
Assumed office
August 2021
JurisdictionGovernment of Haryana
National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party Minority Morcha
Assumed office
June 2021
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
2014–2019
ConstituencyNuh
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
2000–2005
ConstituencyTaoru
In office
1991–1996
President of the All India Mewati Panchayat
Assumed office
November 2008
Preceded byTayyab Husain
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyBJP (2019-Present)
SpouseNasima Begum
ParentTayyab Husain (father)
Alma materDelhi University
OccupationPolitician

Zakir Hussain is a politician from the Indian state of Haryana. He serves as administrator of Haryana Waqf Board and is the National Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party Minority Morcha.[1][2] He is a three term former member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. He has represented the Nuh and Taoru Assembly constituencies.[3]

Early life

Hussain is an ethnic Meo. As a member of the Tayyab Husain Clan, he comes from a significant political family in the Indian states of Haryana and Rajasthan.

His grandfather, Ch. Mohd. Yasin Khan, served as Member of Punjab Legislative Council and Assembly from 1926 to 1946 and 1952 to 1962. His father Tayyab Husain was a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha in 1971 and 1980 from Gurgaon and Faridabad respectively.

Hussain graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Kurukshetra University in 1981 and completed his Bachelors of Law (LLB) from Delhi University in 1985.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ex-MLA Zakir Hussain is Haryana Waqf Board Administrator". Hindustan Times.
  2. ↑ "Chaudhary Zakir Hussain is BJP Minority Morcha Vice President". www.tribuneindia.com.
  3. ↑ "Haryana Vidhan Sabha MLA". haryanaassembly.gov.in.
  4. ↑ "Haryana 2019 | Zakir Hussain (Bharatiya Janta Party)". myneta. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
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