Haroon Yusuf | |
Birth Date: | 6 March 1958 |
Birth Place: | Delhi, India |
Residence: | Delhi |
Nationality: | Indian |
Office: | Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi |
Lieutenant Governor: | Tejendra Khanna Najeeb Jung |
Term Start: | 2008 |
Term End: | 2013 |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Sheila Dikshit |
2Blankname: | Ministry and Departments |
2Namedata: |
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2Blankname1: | Ministry and Departments |
2Namedata1: |
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Term Start1: | 2003 |
Term End1: | 2008 |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Sheila Dikshit |
Lieutenant Governor1: | Tejendra Khanna Banwari Lal Joshi |
2Blankname2: | Ministry and Departments |
2Namedata2: |
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Term Start2: | 2001 |
Term End2: | 2003 |
1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata2: | Sheila Dikshit |
Lieutenant Governor2: | Vijai Kapoor |
Office3: | Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly |
Term Start3: | 1993 |
Term End3: | 2015 |
Predecessor3: | Constituency established |
Constituency3: | Ballimaran |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Successor3: | Imran Hussain, AAP |
Spouse: | Bushra Haroon |
Children: | 3 |
Source: | http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/haroon.htm |
Alma Mater: | Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi |
Haroon Yusuf (born 6 March 1958) is an Indian politician from the INC. He served as the Minister of Food & Civil Supplies Department and Industries Department in the Government of Delhi of the Indian National Congress, headed by Mrs. Sheila Dikshit. He also served as the working president of the Delhi Congress.[1]
Yusuf was born on 6 March 1958 in Delhi to Mohd. Yusuf. He pursued M.Com. from Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. In 1988, he was elected as the Secretary of Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress and took the charge of Chairman, Anti-Narcotic Cell, All India Youth Congress Wing and in 1989 he was appointed Joint Secretary of All India Youth Congress Wing.[2]
He was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1993 from Ballimaran[3] and since then had been elected in every assembly elections from the same constituency till 2015.[4] [5] [6] In 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, he was elected for the fifth time from Ballimaran constituency.[7] He is the first elected Chairman of Delhi Waqf Board (1999-2004).[8]
In 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, for the first time, he lost the election to Imran Hussain of the Aam Aadmi Party by 43,913 votes.
Then again in 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, for the second time, he lost the same seat to Imran Hussain (Indian politician) of the Aam Aadmi Party by 60,842 votes.
Year | Description | |
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1993 | ||
1998 | Elected to 2nd Delhi Assembly (2nd term) | |
2003 | Elected to 3rd Delhi Assembly (3rd term)
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2008 | Elected to 4th Delhi Assembly (4th term)
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2013 | Elected to 5th Delhi Assembly (5th term) |