Razia Sultana (politician)

Razia Sultana
Cabinet Minister, Government of Punjab
In office
16 March 2017 – 16 March 2022
GovernorV. P. Singh Badnore
Banwarilal Purohit
Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channi
Amarinder Singh
Ministry and Departments
  • Social Security
  • Women & Child Development
  • Water Supply & Sanitation
  • Printing & Stationery
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
March 2017 – 10 March 2022
Preceded byFarzana Alam
Succeeded byMohammad Jamil Ur Rehman
ConstituencyMalerkotla
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byNusrat Ali Khan
Succeeded byFarzana Alam
ConstituencyMalerkotla
Personal details
Born (1966-02-03) 3 February 1966 (age 58)[1]
Malerkotla, Punjab, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseDGP Muhammad Mustafa

Razia Sultana is an Indian politician and was a cabinet minister in the Government of Punjab.[1] She represented Malerkotla in the Punjab Legislative Assembly of which she was the only Muslim member.[2][3] She has been elected three times in the Punjab Assembly, in 2002, 2007 and 2017.

  1. ^ a b Sultana, Razia. "Ministers".
  2. ^ Pandher, Sarabjit (9 February 2007). "Malerkotla Muslims want empowerment, not freebies". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  3. ^ Vinayak, Ramesh; Gill, Priya (20 February 2009). "Power ladies". India Today. Retrieved 6 November 2009.