| Birth Date: | 1968 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Supaul, Bihar, India |
| Residence: | Patna |
| Office: | Minister of Industries, Government of Bihar |
| Term Start: | 9 February 2021 |
| Term End: | 9 August 2022 |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Nitish Kumar |
| Predecessor: | Renu Devi |
| Successor: | Samir Kumar Mahaseth |
| Office1: | Member of Bihar Legislative Council |
| Term Start1: | 21 January 2021 |
| Office2: | Union Cabinet Minister |
| Suboffice2: | Ministry of Textiles |
| Subterm2: | 24 May 2003 – 22 May 2004 |
| Suboffice3: | Ministry of Civil Aviation |
| Subterm3: | 1 September 2001 – 23 May 2003 |
| Primeminister2: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Term Start2: | 1 September 2001 |
| Term End2: | 22 May 2004 |
| Office4: | Union Minister of State |
| Term Start4: | 13 October 1999 |
| Term End4: | 1 September 2001 |
| Primeminister4: | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Suboffice4: | Ministry of Coal (Independent charge) |
| Suboffice5: | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
| Suboffice6: | Ministry of Food Processing Industries |
| Subterm4: | 8 February 2001 – 1 September 2001 |
| Subterm5: | 30 September 2000 – 8 February 2001 |
| Subterm6: | 13 October 1999 – 27 May 2000 |
| Office7: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency7: | Bhagalpur, Bihar |
| Term7: | 2006-2014 |
| Predecessor7: | Sushil Kumar Modi |
| Successor7: | Shailesh Kumar Mandal |
| Constituency8: | Kishanganj, Bihar |
| Predecessor8: | Mohammed Taslimuddin |
| Successor8: | Mohammed Taslimuddin |
| Term8: | 1999-2004 |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain is an Indian politician and a member of the Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] He is one of the national spokespersons of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Hussain was the Minister of Textiles and the Minister Civil Aviation in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.[2] [3] [4] He has been the Minister of Industries of the Government of Bihar from 9 February 2021 to 9 August 2022.
Hussain was born on 12 December 1968 to Syed Nasir Hussain and Nasima Khatoon in Supaul, Bihar. He has a Diploma in Engineering (Electronics) from B.S.S.E., Supaul and ITI, Pusa, Delhi. He married Renu Sharma on 12 December 1994, with whom he has two sons.[5] [6]
Hussain was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 from Kishanganj constituency. He was appointed as a Minister of State in the Third Vajpayee ministry and held various portfolios such as food processing industries, youth affairs and sports and human resource development at different times. He was given independent charge of the Ministry of Coal in 2001 and was elevated to the rank of a Cabinet Minister with Civil Aviation portfolio in September 2001, thereby becoming the youngest Cabinet Minister ever in the Government of India. Later he held the Textiles portfolio as Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2004. He is often referred to as 'The Original Youth leader'.
Though he lost the 2004 general elections, he re-entered the Lok Sabha in November 2006 in a by-election when he won the vacant seat of Bhagalpur constituency in Bihar. He entered the 15th Lok Sabha again from Bhagalpur in 2009. He contested the Lok Sabha election in 2014 from Bhagalpur again but lost with a small margin. He helped Bhagalpur to be named under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Smart Cities Scheme. Due to his efforts, Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express got a halt at Naughachia Railway station.[5] [7]
On 21 January 2021, Hussain was elected unopposed to Bihar Legislative Council.[8] On 9 February 2021, He was inducted as a cabinet minister in the Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry.[9] He was the Minister of Industries of the Government of Bihar.