Kamal Akhtar

Kamal Akhtar or Kamaal Akhtar or Kamaal Akhtar Tyagi (born 24 October 1971) is the former Panchayati Raj Minister of Uttar Pradesh, former Member of the Legislative Assembly, and a politician from Samajwadi Party as well as a former Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He belongs to Ujhari, Jyotiba Phule Nagar District. He remained the national president of the SP Yuvjan Sabha.

Kamal Akhtar
ConstituencyHasanpur
Panchayati Raj Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Ex- Member of Parliament Of Rajya Sabha
Personal details
Born (1971-12-24) 24 December 1971
Ujhari, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partySamajwadi Party
Spouse(s)Humera Bano
ResidenceUjhari, Jyotiba Phule Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materJamia Millia Islamia
ProfessionAdvocate, Politician
Websitewww.facebook.com/kamaal.akhtar

He lost his seat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Mahender Singh Kadakhvashi of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

Personal life

Kamaal Akhtar was born to Nafeesuddin Ahmad and Mahajabin in Ujhari. He completed his B.A. (Hons.) in Economics and LL.B. at the Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi. His wife Humara Akhter was samajwadi party lok sabha candidate of Amroha in the sixteenth lok sabha election.

Achievements

*July 2004: Elected to Rajya Sabha

  • August 2004 - April 2005: Member, Committee on Energy Oct.
  • 2004 - 2006: Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal April
  • 2005 - July 2006: Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
  • January 2006 onwards: Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf Aug.
  • 2006 onwards: Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests Member, *Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
  • Playing Cricket: represented his district in the C.K. Naidu Trophy; reading books
  • President, Students Union, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi, 1994–95; National Secretary, *Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, 1998; National President, Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha since 1999
  • 2012: Member of Legislative Assembly
  • 2012: State Minister (Panchayati Raj minister, Uttar Pradesh)
  • 2015: Cabinet Minister, Food and civil Supply, Uttar Pradesh

References
  1. "Live HASANPUR Election Results 2017, Leading MLA Candidate, Previous Winner, Uttar Pradesh". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 23 March 2017.


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