Arif Mohammad Khan; Journalist;  Education: L. L. B.   Worked as Correspondent and Editor in Kuwait for 15 years; in USA 5 years and presently managing director, Nation and the World (fortnightly) from New Delhi;  

Father's Name       Shri Ashfaq Mohammad Khan               

Date of Birth       18 November 1951

Place of Birth      Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)                       

Marital Status     Married on 14 October 1977

Spouse's Name      Smt. Sayyada Reshma Arif                

Children           Two sons

Educational Qualifications 

               B.A. (Hons.), LL.B.

               Educated at Jamia Millia School, Delhi, G.S. Inter College
               Narsena, Bulandshahr, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and
               Shia College, Lucknow University, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

Profession        

                Agriculturist, Lawyer

Permanent Address 

               "Samarpan",                             
               Bahraich-271801                         
               (Uttar Pradesh) 

Present Address 

B-10, Mayfair Garden,
New Delhi-110016

Tels. (011) 6866514, 6859826                       

Positions Held 

1977-80         Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
                
                Member, Library Committee
                
                Deputy Minister, Excise, Prohibition and Muslim
                Wakf, Uttar Pradesh

1978-82         Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee
                (Indira) [A.I.C.C.(I)]

1980-84         Elected to 7th Lok Sabha

1980-82         Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

1982-83         Union Deputy Minister, Information and Broadcasting

1983-84         Union Minister of State, Agriculture

1984-89         Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1984            Union Minister of State, Energy

1984-85         Union Minister of State, Industry and Company
                Affairs

1985            Union Minister of State, Home Affairs

1985-86         Union Minister of State, Energy
                (Department of Power)

1989-91         Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1989-90         Union Cabinet Minister, Energy with additional
                charge of Ministry of Civil Aviation

1998            Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1998-99         Member, Committee on External Affairs   and 
        its Sub-Committee-II

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Home Affairs

Social and Cultural Activities 

Actively involved in the promotion of education and the
anti-dowry campaign

Special Interests 

Rehabilitation of the physically handicapped persons

Favourite Pastime and Recreation 

Reading and writing

Sports and Clubs 

Cricket and badminton; Member, (i) Gymkhana Club, New Delhi;
and (ii) India International Centre, New Delhi

Countries Visited 

Widely travelled; led Indian Delegation to (i) Non-aligned
Information Ministers Conference, 1982; and (ii) World
Economic Forum, Switzerland, February, 1990; and Member,
Indian Parliamentary Delegation, 100th IPU Conference,
Moscow, 1998

Other Information 

President, Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union,
1972-73; General Secretary, Aligarh Muslim University
Students' Union, 1971-72; Founder, Samarpan, Centre for the
rehabilitation of physically disabled persons; Member,
(i) Centreal Advisory Council of Posts and Telegraphs;
(ii) Kendriya Hindi Samiti; and (iii) Central Committee of
Tuberculosis Association of India, 1998-99; associated with,
(i) Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh, 1977-80; (ii) Indian
National Congress (Indira); and (iii) Janata Dal, Uttar
Pradesh, 1986-91

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