| Shale Mohammad | |
| Term Start: | 22 November 2021 |
| Term End: | 3 December 2023 |
| Term Start1: | 26 December 2018 |
| Term End1: | 22 November 2021 |
| Office2: | Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 2018 |
| Term End2: | 2023 |
| Term Start3: | 2008 |
| Term End3: | 2013 |
| Successor2: | Mahant Pratap Puri |
| Constituency3: | Pokaran Assembly constituency |
| Birth Date: | 1977 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Jaisalmer |
| Birthname: | Mohammad Saleh |
| Parents: | Gazi Fakeer (father) |
| Citizenship: | Indian |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Children: | One daughter |
| Residence: | Bhagu Ka Gaon, Jaisalmer |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Profession: | Agriculturist |
| Cabinet: | Third Ashok Gehlot ministry |
Shale Mohammad (born 1 February 1977) is an Indian politician formerly serving as the Cabinet Minister of Minority AffairsWaqf Colonization Department Government of Rajasthan & served Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Pokaran Assembly constituency. He is a Politician from the Indian National Congress.
Mohammad's father is Gazi Fakir, who is a Muslim religious leader. Fakir is influential amongst the Sindhi Muslims.[1]
In 2000, Mohammad became the head of Jaisalmer Panchayat samiti at the age of 23.[2]
In 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, Mohammad was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Shaitan Singh by a margin of approximately 35,000 votes.[3] In 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, he won from the newly created Pokhran assembly constituency by a margin of 339 votes.[2] However, he lost to Shaitan Singh in the next election.[4]
In 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, Mohammad was pitted against Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mahant Pratap Puri. Pratap Puri is a Hindu saint and is the mahant (chief priest) of Taratara sect. According to political observers, by fielding the mahant against Mohammad, the party was trying to fight anti-incumbency by polarising the Hindu voters.[5] Mohammad defeated Pratap Puri by a margin of 872 votes.[1]
Subsequently, Mohammad was made a cabinet minister in the third Gehlot ministry and became the first ever politician from Jaisalmer district to get a ministry.[6] He took charge over the ministry of Minority affairs,[7] and took oath on 25 December 2018.[8]
In August 2013, an FIR was lodged against Mohammad for allegedly issuing threats to IPS officer Pankaj Choudhary following an argument at a petrol pump.[9]