Tariq Anwar (politician)
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Tariq Anwar (born 16 January 1951) is an Indian politician as member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He served as the Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries between 2012 and 2014.
Tariq Anwar | |
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General Secretary of AICC for Kerala & Lakshadweep | |
In office 11 September 2020 – 23 December 2023 | |
Appointed by | Sonia Gandhi |
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries | |
In office 28 October 2012 – 16 May 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 2004–2014 | |
Constituency | Maharashtra |
20th President of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee | |
In office 1988–1989 | |
AICC President | Rajiv Gandhi |
Preceded by | Dumar Lal Baitha |
Succeeded by | Jagannath Mishra |
6th President of Indian Youth Congress | |
In office 1982–1985 | |
Preceded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
Succeeded by | Anand Sharma |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 2014–2018 | |
Preceded by | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary |
Succeeded by | Dulal Chandra Goswami |
Constituency | Katihar |
In office 1996–1999 | |
Preceded by | Mohammad Yunus Saleem |
Succeeded by | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary |
Constituency | Katihar |
In office 1980–1989 | |
Preceded by | Yuvraj Singh |
Succeeded by | Yuvraj Singh |
Constituency | Katihar |
Personal details | |
Born | (1951-01-16) 16 January 1951 (age 73) Patna, Bihar, India |
Political party | Indian National Congress (1972–1999; 2018–present) |
Other political affiliations | Nationalist Congress Party (1999–2018) |
Spouse |
Hena Tariq (m. 2001) |
Children | 5 |
Anwar has been a member of the Indian Parliament for more than three decades – elected five times to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, from Katihar, and two times to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house, from Maharashtra.[1] He quit the INC over a presidency dispute of the party in 1999 and formed the Nationalist Congress Party along with Sharad Pawar and P. A. Sangma, before resigning 19 years after, and re-joining the INC in 2018. Anwar has been appointed both general secretary in charge of poll-bound Kerala and a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).