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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mohsina Kidwai
| native_name =
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1932|1|1}}
| birth_place = [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| residence = '''Present: ''' 80, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110001 '''Permanent: ''' Civil Lines, Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]] of [[Rajya Sabha]] for [[Chhattisgarh]]
| term_start1 = 30 June 2004
| term_end1 = 29 June 2016
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 = [[Chhaya Verma]]
| office2 = Member, [[Congress Working Committee]] (CWC)
| term2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
|office3=Members of the [[Lok Sabha]]
|constituency3= [[Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
|term3= 1977–1989
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Khalil R. Kidwai
| children = Three daughters
| website = [http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/Website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1955 Website of SMT. MOHSINA KIDWAI, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)]
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'''Mohsina Kidwai''' (born 1 January 1932) is a leader of [[Indian National Congress]] party, she belongs to [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]], Uttar Pradesh.
Currently she is a member of [[Rajya Sabha]], elected from [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref>[http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/StatewiseList. asp#CHT MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA (STATE WISE LIST), CHHATTISGARH]</ref>,<ref name="RS">{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/Website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1955 |title=Website of SMT. MOHSINA KIDWAI, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) |access-date=15 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205224401/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/Website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1955 |archive-date=5 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is a member of the [[Congress Working Committee]] (CWC), the highest decision making body of the Indian Congress Party as well as the [[All India Congress Committee]] (A.I.C.C.)<ref name="AICC">[http://www.congresssandesh.com/may-2002/12.html AICC release of 22 April, 2002 after the reshuffle]</ref><ref>[http://www.aicc.org.in/new/cwc.php Members] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805004215/http://aicc.org.in/new/cwc.php |date=5 August 2012 }} ''[[Congress Working Committee]]'' website.</ref>

==Early life==
Mohsina Kidwai was born to Mulla Qutub-ud-din Ahmad and Zehra Khatoon mainly from Ahmadpur a small village in [[Barabanki district]]. She did her Intermediate from [[Women's College, Aligarh|Women's College]], [[Aligarh Muslim University]], [[Aligarh]].

==Career==
Mohsina Kidwai has held several ministerial offices in [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Government of India]].<ref name="RS" />

Kidwai has held a variety of leadership positions within the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]] including [[All India Congress Committee#General Secretary|General Secretary of AICC]]. Kidwai is known for her proximity to [[President of the Indian National Congress|Congress Party Chief]], [[Sonia Gandhi]].<ref name="Tehelka">[http://www.tehelka.com/story_main21.asp?filename=Ne110406Half_done.asp STATE OF THE CONGRESS: Half done, but no clue ahead]</ref>

Kidwai was a leader of breakaway party, [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)|Congress(T)]] in the pre-Sonia Gandhi days.

Currently she is a member of [[Rajya Sabha]], elected from [[Raipur]], Chhattisgarh.<ref name="RS"/>

She is also a [[Congress Working Committee#CWC Members|member of Congress Working Committee]] and convenor of Manifesto Implementation Committees of [[Assam]]ese and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name="AICC"/>

==Personal life==
Mohsina Kidwai was married on 17 December 1953 to Khalil R. Kidwai. She has three daughters.<ref name="RS" />

==Positions held==

She has held following positions during her career:<ref name="RS" />

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Position held
! From
! To
|-
| Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad|Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]
| 1960
| 1974
|-
| Minister of State, Food and Civil Supplies, [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| 1973
| 1974
|-
| Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| 1974
| 1977
|-
| Cabinet Minister for Harijan and Social Welfare, [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| 1974
| 1975
|-
| Cabinet Minister for Small Scale Industries, [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| 1975
| 1977
|-
| Member, [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth Lok Sabha]], won bypoll from Azamgarh
| 1978
| 1979
|-
| Member, [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh Lok Sabha]], from [[Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency)|Meerut]]
| 1980
| 1984
|-
| [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Union Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Labour and Rehabilitation]]
| 11 September 1982
| 29 January 1983
|-
| [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Union Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Health and Family Welfare]]
| 29 January 1983
| 2 August 1984
|-
| Member, [[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth Lok Sabha]]
| 1984
| 1989
|-
| [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Union Minister of State (Independent charge)]]
| 2 August 1984
| 31 October 1984
|-
| [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Union Cabinet Minister]] of [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Rural Development]]
| 4 November 1984
| 31 December 1984
|-
| [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Union Cabinet Minister]] of [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Health and Family Welfare]]
| 31 December 1984
| 24 June 1986
|-
| [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Union Cabinet Minister]] of [[Ministry of Shipping (India)|Transport]]
| 24 June 1986
| 22 October 1986
|-
| [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Union Cabinet Minister]] of [[Ministry of Urban Development (India)|Urban Development]]
| 22 October 1986
| 2 December 1989
|-
| [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Union Cabinet Minister]] of [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Tourism]] (''additional charge'')
| 14 February 1988
| 25 June 1989
|-
| Elected to [[Rajya Sabha]]
| June 2004
| –
|-
| Member, Court of the [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
| July 2004
| –
|-
| Member, Committee on Agriculture
| August 2004
| –
|-
| Member, Anjuman (Court) of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] University
| November 2004
| –
|-
| Member, Consultative Committee for the [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (India)|Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment]]
| October 2004
| –
|-
| Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health
| May 2006
| –
|-
| Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
| July 2006
| –
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.un.int/india/2005/ind1167.pdf Statements by Kidwai as member of Indian delegation to UN]

{{Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee}}

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