Tariq Anwar (politician)
Tariq Anwar | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dulal Chandra Goswami |
| Constituency | Katihar |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 27 October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary |
| Succeeded by | Dulal Chandra Goswami |
| Constituency | Katihar |
| In office 10 May 1996 – 26 April 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Yunus Saleem |
| Succeeded by | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary |
| Constituency | Katihar |
| In office 1980–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Yuvraj Singh |
| Succeeded by | Yuvraj Singh |
| Constituency | Katihar |
| General Secretary of AICC for Kerala & Lakshadweep | |
| In office 11 September 2020 – 23 December 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Sonia Gandhi |
| Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries | |
| In office 28 October 2012 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 2004–2014 | |
| Constituency | Maharashtra |
| 20th President of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 1988–1989 | |
| AICC President | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Dumar Lal Baitha |
| Succeeded by | Jagannath Mishra |
| 6th President of Indian Youth Congress | |
| In office 1982–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Succeeded by | Anand Sharma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1951 |
| Party | Indian National Congress (1972–1999; 2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Nationalist Congress Party (1999–2018) |
| Spouse |
Hena Tariq (m. 2001) |
| Children | 5 |
| Occupation | Politician |
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 for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries between 2012 and 2014.
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. 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).