Imran Hussain (Indian politician)

Imran Hussain (born 21 May 1981) is an Indian politician and a member of the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi in India.[1][2] He represents the Ballimaran constituency of New Delhi and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. He has been inducted in the Delhi Cabinet as a Minister of Food and Civil Supplies and Election.[3][4]

Imran Hussain
Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi
Assumed office
October 2015
Lieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung
Anil Baijal
Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal
Ministry and Departments
  • Food & supply
  • Forest
  • Elections
Preceded byAsim Ahmed Khan
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
12 February 2015
Preceded byHaroon Yusuf
ConstituencyBallimaran
Personal details
Born (1981-05-21) 21 May 1981[1]
New Delhi, Delhi, India[1]
Political partyAam Aadmi Party[1]
Spouse(s)Naghma Imran
Children3
Parent(s)Abrar Hussain (father)[1]
Residence(s)New Delhi
Alma materJamia Millia Islamia[2]
ProfessionPolitician, businessperson
ReligionIslam

Early life and education

Imran Hussain was born in New Delhi. He comes from the walled city area of Delhi. He studied at Crescent School in Daryaganj. He attended the Jamia Millia Islamia and attained Bachelor of Business Studies degree.[1][2] Then he joined the family garment business after completing his Bachelor of Business Studies degree. Since early age, he had been very active in spreading social and political awareness among the oppressed and under privileged people especially in the walled city. He tried his best as a youth leader to impart social justice to the needy people.

Political career

Imran Hussain contested and won the councillor elections from Ballimaran from Rashtriya Lok Dal political Party in April 2012. He represented the Ballimaran constituency in 2015 elections and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party.[1][2] He was inducted into the Delhi Cabinet as a Minister of Food and Civil Supplies and Election on 18 October 2015. He was re-elected in the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.

Posts held
#FromToPositionComments
01February 2015IncumbentMember, Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
02October 2015IncumbentMinister, Food Supplies and Elections, Government of NCT of Delhi
03February 2020IncumbentMember, Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi

See also

References
  1. "Member Profile". Legislative Assembly official website. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. "2015 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. "All MLAs from constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 22 May 2016.


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