Prof. Saifuddin Soz | |
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 The Union Minister for Water Resources, Prof. Saifuddin Soz (left), in New Delhi on October 17, 2008 with Basavaraj Bommai (right), the Minister for Water Resources, Government of Karnataka. | |
| Minister of Water Resources | |
| In office 22 May 2004 – 22 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Santosh Mohan Dev |
| Succeeded by | Meira Kumar |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 2009–2015 | |
| In office 2002–2008 | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Member of the Lok Sabha for Baramulla | |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Rasool Kar |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Rashid Shaheen |
| In office 1983–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Khwaja Mubarak Shah |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Rasool Kar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1937 Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, British India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Kashmir |
Professor Saifuddin Soz (born 23 November 1937) is an Indian professor and seven term member of the Parliament of India. Soz hails from the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
He had been India's Minister of Water Resources in India's 14th Lok Sabha and Minister of Environment and Forests in the 1990s. In January 2006, he was nominated to the Congress Working Committee, the executive committee of the Indian National Congress.[1]