Tariq Anwar (politician)

Tariq Anwar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2024
Preceded byDulal Chandra Goswami
ConstituencyKatihar
In office
2014–2018
Preceded byNikhil Kumar Choudhary
Succeeded byDulal Chandra Goswami
ConstituencyKatihar
In office
1996–1999
Preceded byMohammad Yunus Saleem
Succeeded byNikhil Kumar Choudhary
ConstituencyKatihar
In office
1980–1989
Preceded byYuvraj Singh
Succeeded byYuvraj Singh
ConstituencyKatihar
General Secretary of
AICC for Kerala & Lakshadweep
In office
11 September 2020 – 23 December 2023
Appointed bySonia Gandhi
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
In office
28 October 2012 – 16 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2004–2014
ConstituencyMaharashtra
20th President of
Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
1988–1989
AICC PresidentRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byDumar Lal Baitha
Succeeded byJagannath Mishra
6th President of Indian Youth Congress
In office
1982–1985
Preceded byGhulam Nabi Azad
Succeeded byAnand Sharma
Personal details
Born (1951-01-16) 16 January 1951 (age 73)
Patna, Bihar, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
(1972–1999; 2018–present)
Other political
affiliations
Nationalist Congress Party
(1999–2018)
Spouse
Hena Tariq
(m. 2001)
Children5
OccupationPolitician

Tariq Anwar (born 16 January 1951) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress (INC), and a Member of Parliament representing Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar, India. He served as the Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries between 2012 and 2014.[1]

Anwar has been a member of the Indian Parliament for more than three decades – elected six times to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, from Katihar, and two times to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house, from Maharashtra.[2] He quit the INC over a presidency dispute of the party in 1999 and formed the Nationalist Congress Party along with Sharad Pawar and P. A. Sangma, before resigning 19 years after, and re-joining the INC in 2018. Anwar has been appointed both general secretary in charge of poll-bound Kerala and a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).

  1. ^ The Economic Times (6 June 2024). "Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ^ Nair, Sobhana K. (28 September 2018). "Upset with Pawar, Tariq Anwar quits NCP". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 October 2018.