Najma Heptulla
| Najma Heptulla | |
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| Governor of Manipur | |
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Assumed office 21 August 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | V. Shanmuganathan |
| Minister of Minority Affairs | |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 12 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | K. Rahman Khan |
| Succeeded by | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi |
| Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha | |
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In office 1985–1986, 1988–2004 |
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| MP of Rajya Sabha for Madhya Pradesh | |
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In office 2004–2010, re-elected on 3 April 2012 |
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| Personal details | |
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13 April 1940 Bhopal, Bhopal State (present-day Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India) |
| Political party |
Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2004), Indian National Congress (1960s to 2004) |
| Spouse(s) | Akbarali A. Heptulla (1966–2007) (his death) |
| Children | 3 Daughters |
| Alma mater | Vikram University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Islam |
Dr. Najma Akbarali Heptulla (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian politician and the current governor of Manipur. She is a former vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and a five time member of the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian parliament, between 1986 and 2012, and Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha for sixteen years. She was a member representing Rajasthan from July 2004 to July 2010. She was nominated by the BJP for the Rajya Sabha in 2012 from Madhya Pradesh, and assumed her office on 24 April 2012.
She is a second cousin to actor Aamir Khan. She contested the 13th vice-presidential election held in August 2007 but lost to Hamid Ansari by 233 votes. She took oath as a cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi headed government on 26 May 2014. She is assisted by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi who joined the Council of Ministers as a Minister of State in November 2014.
Najma was born on 13 April 1940 in Bhopal, Bhopal State, in present Madhya Pradesh to Syed Yusuf Ali and Fatima Yusuf Ali. The Family are of Arab descent and they claim to be Saiyyid. She is a Dawoodi Bohra Muslim. She did her schooling from Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya (MVM) Bhopal, and holds both a Masters' of Science Degree in Zoology, and a PhD in Zoology (Cardiac Anatomy) from Vikram University, Ujjain.
She married Akbarali A Heptulla in 1966, and has three daughters. Her husband, Akbarali A Heptulla, a manpower consultant, was instrumental the establishment of the Patriot newspaper in the 1960s. He died on 4 September 2007, in New Delhi at the age of 75.
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