Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
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| Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister of State (Independent Charge) Minority Affairs |
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Assumed office 12 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister of State for Minority Affairs | |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 12 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Jharkhand | |
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Assumed office 8 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | M. J. Akbar |
| Constituency | Jharkhand |
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh | |
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In office 5 July 2010 – 4 July 2016 |
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| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
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15 October 1957 Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Seema Naqvi |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Asian Academy of Higher Studies, Noida |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (
pronunciation is the vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.
Naqvi was born to AH Naqvi and Sakina Begum on 15 October 1957 at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India. He studied arts and mass communication. Naqvi married Seema Naqvi, a Hindu by birth on 8 June 1983 and also has a son from the marriage.
Naqvi was jailed at the age of 17 in 1975 during the period of Emergency at the Naini Central Jail in Maharashtra due to his political activities. As a student leader, he had also participated in the activities of the Janata Party. Naqvi unsuccessfully contested elections for the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 1980 as a candidate of Janata Party (Secular). He also contested elections as an independent candidate in 1980 Lok Sabha elections from the Ayodhya constituency. He was elected to the 1998 Lok Sabha from Lok Sabha, and subsequently given the post of Minister of State for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
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