Waqar Ahmad Shah | |
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MLA, 12th Legislative Assembly | |
In office November 1993 – August 1996 |
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Preceded by | Brij Raj Tripathi |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Constituency | Bahraich Sadar |
MLA, 13th Legislative Assembly | |
In office September 1996 – February 2002 |
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Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Constituency | Bahraich Sadar |
MLA, 14th Legislative Assembly | |
In office February 2002 – April 2007 |
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Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Constituency | Bahraich Sadar |
MLA, 15th Legislative Assembly | |
In office May 2007 – March 2012 |
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Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Constituency | Bahraich Sadar |
MLA, 16th Legislative Assembly | |
In office March 2012 – 2017 |
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Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Constituency | Bahraich Sadar |
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker | |
In office 14 November 2003 – 26 July 2004 |
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Preceded by | Dr.Ammar Rizvi |
Succeeded by | Razesh Agrawal |
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Acting Speaker | |
Cabinet Minister for Labour and Employment | |
In office 19 May 2004 – May 2007 |
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Cabinet Minister for Labour and Employment | |
In office 15 March 2012 – 2014 |
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Succeeded by | Shahid Manzoor |
Personal details | |
Born |
Qazipura North Bahraich |
6 July 1943
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Samajwadi Party |
Spouse(s) | Rubab Sayda |
Father | Khwaja Qamarudin |
Education | Doctor |
Alma mater | Kanpur University |
Occupation | Doctor, Politician |
Religion | Islam |
Waqar Ahmad Shah (born 6 July 1943, in Bahraich, India) is an Indian political leader in the Bahraich district.
Shah completed his early education in Bahraich, and later completed a doctoral degree from Kanpur University. In the early days, he worked as a teacher in Ameermah Primary School, an elementary school in the city. From 1975 to 1982, Shah worked as a medical officer, afterward practicing as a doctor in Dargah's hospital; his clinic is also situated in the city. He has been a member of the Indian Medical Association's Bahraich Unit since 1976. Shah has also been a member the noted City Azad Inter College, a guardian of the Red Cross Society, Bahraich, a member of the district eye relief committee, and a member of the management committee of the Maharaj Singh Inter College.
Shah's political career started when he joined the Janata Dal in 1989, where he was sent to jail for a day. In prison, he put the Janata Dal in motion. He also won an election to the Assembly for the first time. In 1993, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party ticket in the election of the Assembly. In 1993, he was Secretary of the Samajwadi Legislature Board. He was a member of the public accounts committee from 1993–1994. His second victory in the assembly elections came in 1996. From 1996 to 2003, he was the Samajwadi Party committee member in question Chief Whip. From 1997 to 1998, the legislature board. In 2002 in the Assembly elections in successive third times on Samajwadi Party ticket, he was elected president assembly seat Bahraich. From 2002 to 2003 he was the dean board member of the Legislative Assembly. In 2003, he was elected vice president of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on this post May until 2004. From May 2004 to July 2004 he was also acting president of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. In August 2004, he worked as the cabinet Minister for Labor and Employment Uttar Pradesh Government until May 2007. In an assembly election in May 2007 Waqar Ahamd Shah was elected to the Assembly continuously 4 times for the Bahraich seat, he then worked as Samajwadi Party deputy leader of the legislature board from 2007 until 2012. In 2012, he was elected 5 consecutive times in the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh as President of the Assembly and once again as the cabinet Minister for Labor and Employment. Waqar Ahmad Shah became seriously ill in 2014, and he was consequently removed from the cabinet of Akhilesh Yadav.