Jaffer Hussain

Jaffar Hussain Meraj (born 26 January 1960) is an Indian politician and leader of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). Since 2014, he has been MLA of the Nampally constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He was Deputy Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) from 2009 to 2012.

Jaffar Hussain Meraj
Jaffar Hussain 2018
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly (Nampally Assembly Constituency)
In office
2014 - Present
Preceded byVirasat Rasool Khan
ConstituencyNampally
Deputy Mayor Of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
In office
2009 - 2012
Personal details
Born (1960-01-26) 26 January 1960
Hyderabad
Political partyAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Parent
  • late Ahmed Hussain (father)
Residence(s)Hashimabad, Hyderabad

Personal life

Born in Hyderabad, India to former MLA Ahmed Hussain who was a legislator from Seetarambagh in 1967, his sons, Minhaj Hussain and Maqsood Hussain, have both completed their MBA and take care of the family business.[1] In 2018, his younger son Maqsood Hussain died after prolonged illness.[2]

Political career

Jaffer Hussain was elected to the GHMC for the first time in 2009 municipal elections from Tolichowki. He has been elected as Deputy Mayor of GHMC. In the General State Elections 2014, he was elected as Member of legislative assembly (MLA) of Nampally Constituency defeating Feroz Khan from Telugu Desam Party by 17,296 votes. In the 2018 elections, Jaffer Hussain retained his seat defeating his rival Feroz Khan of the Congress party. Jaffer Hussain got 57,940 votes while Feroz Khan managed to get 48,265 votes in his favour. At the third position was the Telangana Rashtra Samithi's candidate Ch Anand Kumar Goud with 17,015 votes.[3][4]

References
  1. "Ensuring water supply is priority: Nampally MLA-elect". thehindu.com. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. "AIMIM MLA Jaffer Mehraj's son passes away". telanganatoday.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "TS Election results: AIMIM's Jaffar Hussain Meraj retains Nampally". telanganatoday.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. https://www.telangana.gov.in/legislature/MLAs


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