Ajay Maken
| Ajay Maken | |
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Ajay Maken at an NDTV Sports event, 2012
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| Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation | |
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In office 28 October 2012 – 15 June 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Selja Kumari |
| Succeeded by | Girija Vyas |
| Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports | |
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In office May 2011 – 28 October 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Jitendra Singh |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
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In office 2004–2014 |
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| Succeeded by | Meenakshi Lekhi |
| Constituency | New Delhi |
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12 January 1964 Delhi |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Radhika Maken |
| Children | 1 son and 2 daughters |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| As of 16 September, 2006 Source: [1] |
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Ajay Maken is a politician from the Indian National Congress. He has held many posts in the Government of India and Delhi Government.
Ajay Maken's grandfather, O. P. Maken, was a freedom fighter and his family had political inclinations. He was elected as the President of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) in 1985, having the rare honour of being the only B.Sc. Chemistry (Hons.) Final Year student to serve this post. His victory as President, DUSU was largely due to the massive sympathy wave generated by the assassination of his uncle Lalit Maken. , a Member of Parliament from South Delhi. Ajay Maken was subsequently elected as the President of Delhi Transport Corporation Trade Union.
Mr. Ajay Maken has been elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from the Delhi constituency, for three consecutive terms – in 1993, 1998 and 2003.
He was made the Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit in 1999.
In 2001, he was appointed as the Transport, Power and Tourism Minister. He implemented the CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) based Public Transport System in Delhi and is credited with the privatisation of the electricity distribution in Delhi.
In 2004, he was appointed the Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Delhi, at age 39, becoming India's youngest Speaker in a State Assembly.
In the 2004 general election, Maken represented the Congress for the New Delhi constituency. He defeated a sitting Cabinet Minister, Jagmohan, from the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. The constituency was a BJP stronghold, with many BJP stalwarts like Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K.Advani having been elected from there.
From 2006 to 2009, he held the independent portfolios as the Minister of State and the Minister of Urban Development, the youngest minister in the Congress to be sworn in the Council of Ministers in Indian Government. H played a key role in finalising the Master Plan for New Delhi. In 2007, he was appointed a permanent invitee to the Working Committee of All India Congress Committee. He was entrusted with the responsibility of the states, Orissa and Jharkhand.
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