Mohsina Kidwai

Mohsina Kidwai
Member, Rajya Sabha
Constituency	Raipur, Chattisgarh
Member, Congress Working Committee (CWC)
Member, Lok Sabha
In office 1977 - 1984
Constituency	Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency)
Personal details
Born	1 January 1932 (1932-01-01) (age 79)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Khalil R. Kidwai
Children	Three daughters
Residence	Present: 80, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110001 Permanent: Civil Lines, Distt. Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
Religion	Islam
Website	Website of SMT. MOHSINA KIDWAI, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

Mohsina Kidwai (born 1 January 1932) is a leader of Indian National Congress party, she belongs to Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. Currently she is a member of Rajya Sabha, elected from Chattisgarh.^[1],[2] She is a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the Highest decision-making body of the Congress Party as well as the All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)^[3][4]

Early life

Mohsina Kidwai was born in Banda, Uttar Pradesh to Mulla Qutub-ud-din Ahmad and Zehra Khatoon mainly from Ahmadpur a small village in Barabanki district. She did her Intermediate from Women's College, Aligarh, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Career

Mohsina Kidwai has held several ministerial offices in Government of Uttar Pradesh and Government of India.^[2]

Mohsina Kidwai was recently in the running for the position of President of India but was dropped in preference of Pratibha Patil then Governor of Rajasthan.

Kidwai has held a variety of leadership positions within the Congress party including General Secretary of AICC. Kidwai is known for her proximity to Congress Party Chief, Sonia Gandhi.^[5]

Kidwai was a leader of breakaway party, Congress(T) in the pre-Sonia Gandhi days.

Currently she is a member of Rajya Sabha, elected from Raipur, Chattisgarh.^[2]

She is also member of Congress Working Committee and convenor of Manifesto Implementation Committees of Assam and Punjab.^[3]

Personal life

Mohsina Kidwai was married on 17 December 1953 to Khalil R. Kidwai. She has three daughters.^[2]

Positions held

She has held following positions during her career:^[2]

Position held	From	To
Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council	1960	1974
Minister of State, Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Uttar Pradesh	1973	1974
Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly	1974	1977
Cabinet Minister for Harijan and Social Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh	1974	1975
Cabinet Minister for Small Scale Industries, Government of Uttar Pradesh	1975	1977
Member, Sixth Lok Sabha	1978	1979
Member, Seventh Lok Sabha	1980	1984
Union Minister of State for Labour and Rehabilitation	11 September 1982	29 January 1983
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare	29 January 1983	2 August 1984
Member, Eighth Lok Sabha	1984	1989
Union Minister of State (Independent charge)	2 August 1984	31 October 1984
Union Cabinet Minister of Rural Development	4 November 1984	31 December 1984
Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare	31 December 1984	24 June 1986
Union Cabinet Minister of Transport	24 June 1986	22 October 1986
Union Cabinet Minister of Urban Development	22 October 1986	2 December 1989
Union Cabinet Minister of Tourism (additional charge)	14 February 1988	25 June 1989
Elected to Rajya Sabha	June 2004	-
Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim University	July 2004	-
Member, Committee on Agriculture	August 2004	-
Member, Anjuman (Court) of Jamia Millia Islamia University	November 2004	-
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	October 2004	-
Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health	May 2006	-
Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution	July 2006	-
Governor of Jharkhand [6]	25, August 2011	incumbent

References

1. ^ asp#CHT MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA (STATE WISE LIST), CHHATTISGARH
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Website of SMT. MOHSINA KIDWAI, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
3. ^ ^{a b} AICC release of 22 April, 2002 after the reshuffle
4. ^ Members Congress Working Committee website.
5. ^ STATE OF THE CONGRESS: Half done, but no clue ahead
6. ^ New Governer, DNA

External links

• Statements by Kidwai as member of Indian delegation to UN

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