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
Source : www.parliamentofindia.nic.in
Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951 in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh) is a former Indian Union minister. He is currently a leader of Bahujan Samaj Party.
Early Life and education
Arif Mohammad Khan was born in 1951 in Bulandshahr and was educated at Jamia Millia School, Delhi, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and Shia College, Lucknow University. He was the General Secretary, Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union from 1971 to 1972 and its President from 1972 to 1973.
Political career
Khan joined the Indian National Congress and was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 and 1984. In 1986, he quit the Indian National Congress due to differences over the passage of Muslim Personal Law Bill which was piloted by Rajiv Gandhi in the Lok Sabha.Khan joined the Janata Dal and was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989. He left the Janata Dal to join the Bahujan Samaj Party and again entered the Lok Sabha in 1998. Khan held ministerial responsibilities from 1984 to 1990.
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