Alamgir Alam | |
Birth Place: | Pakur, Jharkhand |
Residence: | Hundu |
Office: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Jharkhand |
Governor: | Draupadi Murmu Ramesh Bais C. P. Radhakrishnan |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Hemant Soren |
2Blankname: | Ministry and Departments |
2Namedata: |
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Term Start: | 29 December, 2019 |
Term End: | 17 May, 2024 |
Predecessor: | Nilkant Singh Munda |
Office3: | Leader of Congress Legislative Party(CLP) in Jharkhand Assembly |
State: | Jharkhand |
Term Start3: | 2014 |
Office1: | Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |
Constituency1: | Pakur |
Predecessor1: | Aquil Akhtar |
Term Start1: | 2014 |
Constituency2: | Pakur |
Successor2: | Aquil Akhtar |
Term Start2: | 2000 |
Term End2: | 2009 |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Nationality: | Indian |
Brother: | Amirul Alam |
Alamgir Alam is an Indian politician. He is a four-term MLA for Pakur constituency in the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha as a member of the Indian National Congress. Alam has been elected to the Jharkhand assembly in the 2000, 2004, 2014 and 2019 elections while he lost in the 2009 elections.[1] Alam served as the Speaker of the Jharkhand assembly between 20 October 2006, and 12 December 2009.[2] [3]
In the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Alam retained his seat, defeating Akil Akhtar, who had previously held the seat following the 2009 elections.[4] Following the elections in which Congress emerged victorious alongside its coalition partners JMM and RJD, Alam was elected the leader of the Congress Legislature Party.[5] On 29 December 2019, Alam was among the initial four members sworn into the state Cabinet along with Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Rameshwar Oraon and Satyanand Bhokta.[6]
He was arrested by the ED. He was arrested after questioning on the second day on money laundering case.[7]