Mohsina Kidwai

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Mohsina Kidwai is a leader of Indian National Congress party. She is a member of the Congress Working Committee(CWC). (Congress Party Website) She was a minister in Government of India. Currently she is a member of Rajya Sabha, elected from Chattisgarh. She was born in 1932 in Banda in Uttar Pradesh. Mohsina Kidwai was recently in the running for the position of President of India but was dropped in preference of Ms. Patil Shekhawat, 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. (Tehelka)

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

1 Personal Details
2 Positions Held
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Personal Details

Ms. Kidwai was born on 1 January 1932 in Banda, Uttar Pradesh to Shri Qutub-Uddin Ahmad Mulla and Shrimati Zehra Khatoon mainly from AHMADPUR a small village in Barabanki. She attended Women's College, Aligarh, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh for 'Intermediate'. She was married at the age on 17 December 1953 to Shri Khalil R. Kidwai. She has three daughters.

[edit] Positions Held

1960-74 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
1973-74 Minister of State, Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Uttar Pradesh
1974-77 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1974-75 Cabinet Minister for Harijan and Social Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh
1975-77 Cabinet Minister for Small Scale Industries, Government of Uttar Pradesh
1978-79 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha
1980-84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha
11 Sept. 1982 - 29 Jan. 1983 Union Minister of State for Labour and Rehabilitation
29 Jan. 1983 - 2 Aug. 1984 Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
1984-89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha
2 Aug. 1984 - 31 Oct. 1984 Minister of State (Independent charge)
4 Nov. 1984 - 31 Dec. 1984 Ministry of Rural Development
31 Dec. 1984 - 24 June 1986 Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare
24 June - 22 Oct. 1986 Union Cabinet Minister of Transport
22 Oct. 1986 - 2 Dec.1989 Union Cabinet Minister of Urban Development
14 Feb. 1988 - 25 June 1989 Minister of Tourism (additional charge)
June 2004 Elected to Rajya Sabha July 2004 onwards Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim University
Aug. 2004 onwards Member, Committee on Agriculture
Nov. 2004 onwards Member, Anjuman (Court) of Jamia Millia Islamia University
Oct. 2004 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
May 2006 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health
July 2006 onwards Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution