Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Bhagalpur
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Syed Nasir Hussain
Mother's Name : Late Nasima Khatoon
Date of birth : 12 Dec 1968
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
Secretary, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)National President, BJP Minority Morcha1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha13 Oct. 1999- 26 May 2000 Union Minister of State, Food Processing Industries27 May 2000 - 29 Sep. 2000 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports30 Sep. 2000- 7 Feb. 2001 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development8 Feb. 2001- 31 Aug. 2001 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Coal1 Sep. 2001- 23 May 2003 Union Cabinet Minister, Civil Aviation (Youngest Cabinet Minister in the Histroy of independent India)24 May 2003 Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles9 Nov. 2006 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha in a bye-election (2nd term)5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs1 May 2008 Member, Financial Committee on Estimates18 Nov. 2008 Chairman,Committee on Petitions2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel,Public Grievances, Law and Justice23 Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Privileges31 Aug. 2011 Member, Standing Committee on EnergyMember, Committee on Minority Affairs7 Oct. 2011 Member, Committee on MPLADS9 Aug. 2012 Member, Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behavior of Goverment Officers with Members of Lok Sabha
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Social And Cultural Activities
Chairman (i) Indo-Saudi Parliamentary Friendship Group, (ii) Indo-Kazakistan Parliamentary Friendship Forum, and (iii) Monitoring Committee, Central Wakf Council Member (i) Delhi Wakf Board (1994-98), (ii) Indo-French Parliamentary Friendship Forum, (iii) Haj Committee of India, (iv) Central Wakf Council, (v) National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), (vi) Aligarh Muslim University Court, and (vii) Central Election Committee, BJP National Spokeperson of BJP
Special Interests
Social work, youth welfare and upliftment of down-trodden
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading magazines, newspapers and watching sports and news bulletin
Sports and Clubs
Cricket and football
Countries Visited
Abu Dhabi, Australia, Bahrain, Bangkok, Canada, China, Dubai, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Nepal, Oman, Saudi Arabia , Sri Lanka, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey, Tazakisthan, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Born in a Sunni Muslim family in Buzurgdoar, Distt. Samastipur (Bihar); Leader (i) Indian Haj Goodwill Delegation, March 2000 and 2003, (ii) Indian official delegation to Sydney Olympics, 2000, and (iii) Indian Tourism Delegation to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Bahrain, May 2002; Chairman Indian Official delegation of Indo Saudi Parliamentary Friendship Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Participated in (i) Enterprises and Economic Development Training workshop organised by Commonwealth Youth Programme, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1998, (ii) Commonwealth Education Ministers` Conference, Halifax, Canada, 2000, (iii) Civil Aviation Ministers` Conference organised by ICAO, Montreal, Canada, Sep. 2002, and (iv) Inter-Parliamentary Union as delegate in Geneva, Switzerland, 2008 Member, Parliamentary Delegations (i) UN General Assembly Session , Oct. 2009, (ii) 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, London, July 2011, (iii) India-Pakistan Parliamentarians Dialogue-III, Islamabad, Jan. 16-19, 2012, and (iv) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Pakistan along with Smt. Meira Kumar, Hon`ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, Feb. 2012 Awarded Lions Gold Award, 2012
