Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai

Akhlaq Ur Rehman Kidwai
Kidwai in February 2009
13th Governor of Haryana
In office 7 July 2004 – 27 July 2009
Chief Minister	Om Prakash Chautala Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Preceded by	O.P. Verma
Succeeded by	Jagannath Pahadia
Governor of Rajasthan
Additional charge
In office 21 June 2007 – 6 September 2007
Chief Minister	Vasundhara Raje
Preceded by	Pratibha Patil
Succeeded by	Shilendra Kumar Singh
15th Governor of West Bengal
In office 27 April 1998 – 18 May 1999
Chief Minister	Jyoti Basu
Preceded by	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
Succeeded by	Shyamal Kumar Sen
10th Governor of Bihar
In office 14 August 1993 – 26 April 1998
Chief Minister	Lalu Prasad Yadav Rabri Devi
Preceded by	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
Succeeded by	Sunder Singh Bhandari
In office 20 September 1979 – 15 March 1985
Chief Minister	Ram Sunder Das Jagannath Mishra Chandrashekhar Singh Bindeshwari Dubey
Preceded by	Jagannath Kaushal
Succeeded by	Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
Personal details
Born	(1921-07-01)1 July 1921 Baragaon, Barabanki, United Provinces, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	24 August 2016(2016-08-24) (aged 95) New Delhi, India
Spouse	Jamila Kidwai (deceased)
Children	6
Education	Jamia Millia Islamia University of Illinois Cornell University
Religion	Sunni Islam

Akhlaq Ur Rehman Kidwai (1 July 1921 – 24 August 2016) was an Indian chemist and politician. He served as Governor of the states of Bihar, West Bengal and Haryana. Also, he worked as Governor (as an additional charge) of the state of Rajasthan. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, from 1999 to 2004. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.