Azam Khan (politician)

This article is about the Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. For other people, see Azam Khan § Government and politics.

Azam Khan
Member (MLA) in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
10 March 2022 – 27 October 2022[1]
Preceded byTazeen Fatma
Succeeded byAkash Saxena
In office
26 February 2002 – 23 May 2019[2]
Preceded byAfroz Ali Khan
Succeeded byTazeen Fatma
In office
9 June 1980 – 28 October 1995
Preceded byManzoor Ali Khan
Succeeded byAfroz Ali Khan
ConstituencyRampur
Chancellor of the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University
Incumbent
Assumed office
2012
Vice-ChancellorProf. Sultan Mohammad Khan
Preceded byOffice established
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
23 May 2019 – 22 March 2022
Preceded byNaipal Singh
Succeeded byGhanshyam Singh Lodhi
ConstituencyRampur
Cabinet Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
15 March 2012 – 19 March 2017
GovernorRam Naik
Aziz Qureshi
Banwari Lal Joshi
Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav
Ministry and Departments
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Muslim Waqf
  • Urban Development
  • Water Supplies
  • Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation
  • Overall Urban Development
  • Minority Welfare and Haj.
Succeeded byAshutosh Tandon
Nand Gopal Gupta
In office
29 August 2003 – 13 May 2007
GovernorVishnu Kant Shastri
Sudarshan Agarwal
T. V. Rajeswar
Chief MinisterMulayam Singh Yadav
Ministry and Departments
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Urban Development
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1996–2002
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1948-08-14) 14 August 1948 (age 76)[2]
Rampur, United Provinces, India
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India)[2]
Political partySamajwadi Party[2]
Other political
affiliations		Janata Party
Janata Dal
Lok Dal
Janata Party (Secular)
SpouseTazeen Fatma (wife)[2]
Children2 (including Abdullah Azam Khan)
Alma materAligarh Muslim University[3]
ProfessionLawyer, politician

Mohammad Azam Khan (born 14 August 1948) is an Indian politician, lawyer and elected representative who has served as the Member of Parliament from Rampur. He is one of the founding members of the Samajwadi Party and was a member of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.[2][3] He was also the senior most Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and has been elected member of the legislative assembly ten times from Rampur assembly constituency. He was disqualified from his elected seat when he received a two-year prison sentence from the court.[4]

  1. ^ "Azam Khan is no more an MLA, his Rampur Sadar seat declared vacant". The Indian Express. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Member Profile" (in Hindi). U.P. Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  4. ^ "SP MLA Abdullah Azam Khan disqualified from UP Assembly". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.