Shakir Ali (politician)

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Shakir Ali
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2017
Preceded bySurya Pratap Shahi
Succeeded bySurya Pratap Shahi
ConstituencyPathardeva
Personal details
Born
(1953-12-15) 15 December 1953 (age 68)

Karjahan, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partySamajwadi Party
Spouse(s)
Shammima Khatoon
​
(m. 1978)​
Children4
ResidenceKarjahan, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India[1]
Alma materBanaras Hindu University (1973)
Profession
  • Agriculture
  • fisheries

Shakir Ali (born 15 December 1953) is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh government. He served as the MLA from Pathardeva in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after being elected in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a Samajwadi Party candidate.[2][1][3]

Personal life[]

Ali was born on 15 December 1953 to Manzoor Ali in the village of Karjahan in Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh.[2] After his initial schooling from Karjahan, he completed his high school from Ashok Inter College, Barpar and passed the intermediate examination from Harishchandra Inter College, Varanasi.[4] He graduated from Banaras Hindu University in 1973.[1][4] Ali married Shammima Khatoon on 18 November 1978. with whom he has three sons and a daughter.[2] His professional ventures include agriculture and fishery.[2]

Political career[]

Ali entered politics in 1989 and contested as a member of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) from Gauribazar assembly constituency, but was defeated. It followed another defeat in 1991. Third time in 1993, he won as a candidate of the BSP-SP alliance and became a Minister of Education in the Uttar Pradesh Government in the cabinet ministry of Mulayam Singh Yadav from 21 June 1994 to 28 October 1995. In 1996, he contested as a member of Samajwadi Party (SP) after leaving Bahujan Samaj Party in June 1995, but lost. In 2000 by-election, he was defeated again.[2][4]

He won from the Gauribazar assembly constituency in the 2002 election and was a member of the Committee of Government Assurances from 2002 to 2003. He became the cabinet minister of the Minor Irrigation and Muslim Waqf Board from 2003 to 2007. He faced defeat in the 2007 election. Ali was also a member of the Committee on Public Account from 2012 to 2013.[2][4]

In 2012, contesting from Pathardeva constituency, he defeated the then incumbent Surya Pratap Shahi of Bharatiya Janata Party,[4] but lost back to Shahi in the 2017 Legislative Assembly election.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Shakir Ali(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- PATHARDEVA(DEORIA ) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info". upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Election Results 2012: Full list of winners of all constituencies in assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh and how it can change in 2017". The Indian Express. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "BJP प्रदेश अध्��क्ष को हरा शाकिर अली ने मनवाया था लोहा, मंत्री पद नहीं मिलने पर सपा से हुए थे नाराज". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 25 February 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ^ "PATHARDEVA Election Result 2017, Winner, PATHARDEVA MLA, Uttar Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 31 December 2020.


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