Altaf Hussain (Welsh politician)

Altaf Hussain
Hussain in 2021
Shadow Minister for Social Care
Assumed office
18 April 2024
LeaderAndrew RT Davies
Preceded byGareth Davies Social Services
Shadow Minister for Equalities
In office
27 May 2021 – 18 April 2024
Preceded byLaura Anne Jones March 2021
Succeeded byRole not in use
Member of the Senedd
for South Wales West
Assumed office
6 May 2021
Preceded bySuzy Davies
In office
19 May 2015 – 5 May 2016
Preceded byByron Davies
Succeeded byDavid Lloyd
Personal details
BornSrinagar, India
Political partyConservative
ResidencePen-y-fai, Bridgend
Education
OccupationSurgeon
Websitewww.altafhussain.wales

Altaf Hussain is a Welsh Conservative politician, serving from 2015 to 2016 and again since re-elected in 2021 as the Member of the Senedd for South Wales West. He is also a retired consultant orthopaedic surgeon.[1]

Prior to dissolution of the fourth assembly, he sat on the Health Committee at the National Assembly for Wales, and was Shadow Minister for Social Services. He was defeated in the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections. In 2017 he was elected to Bridgend County Borough Council. In January 2018 appointed as Chair of the Brynawel Rehab Board of Trustees UK.

  1. ^ "Altaf Hussain welcomed as new AM". Welsh Conservatives. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2016.