Tariq Anwar (politician)
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Tariq Anwar (born 16 January 1951) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress (INC), and a Member of Parliament representing Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar, India. He served as the Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries between 2012 and 2014.
Tariq Anwar | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 2024 | |
Preceded by | Dulal Chandra Goswami |
Constituency | Katihar |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Occupation | Politician |
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).