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Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
Minister of Textiles
In office
24 May 2003 – 22 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byKashiram Rana
Succeeded byShankersinh Vaghela
Member of India Parliament
for Bhagalpur
In office
2006-2014
Preceded bySushil Kumar Modi
Succeeded byShailesh Kumar Mandal
Personal details
Born (1968-12-12) 12 December 1968 (age 55)
Samastipur, Bihar, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseRenu Sharma[1]
ChildrenAdeeb Hussain, Arbaaz Hussain
ResidenceNew Delhi
OccupationPolitician

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (pronunciationⓘ) is an Indian Politician, National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a former Cabinet Minister.[2][3][4]

Born in Supaul, Bihar in 1968, he has a Diploma in Engineering from Patna and Delhi. He completed his higher secondary from Williams High school, Supaul. His home town was Buzrug Dwar Warisnagar, a small village of Samastipur.

Political Life

He was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 and was appointed Minister of State and held various portfolios such as food processing industries, youth affairs and sports and human resource development at different times. He was given independent charge of the Ministry of Coal in 2001 and was elevated to the rank of a Cabinet Minister with Civil Aviation portfolio in September 2001, thereby becoming the youngest Cabinet Minister ever in the Government of India. Later he held the Textiles portfolio as Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2004. He is often referred to as 'The Original Youth leader'.

Though he lost the 2004 general elections, he re-entered the Lok Sabha in November 2006 in a by-election when he won the vacant seat of Bhagalpur in Bihar. He entered the 15th Lok Sabha again from Bhagalpur in 2009. He contested the Lok Sabha election in 2014 from Bhagalpur again but lost with a small margin.[5][6]

Personal life

Shahnawaz Hussain married Renu Sharma and they have two sons.

References

  1. ^ "Member Profile - Lok Sabha". Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  2. ^ IANS (10 December 2013). "BJP's Shahnawaz Hussain on IM hit list" – via Business Standard.
  3. ^ "BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain's impersonator arrested".
  4. ^ "PM's 'lack' of leadership has made UPA 'sinking ship': BJP".
  5. ^ "Member Profile - Lok Sabha". Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Election LIVE: BJP's third candidate list out, Ram Kripal to contest from Patliputra against Lalu's daughter". 13 March 2014.
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