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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nadira Sultan
| image = MLA Nadira Sultan - 2025.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|11|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sahawar]] ([[Kasganj district]])
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Member of the [[Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly]]
| term_start = 2022
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Mamtesh Shakya]]
| successor =
| office1 =
| term_start1 =
| term_end1 =
| successor1 =
| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| spouse = Dr Abdul Hafeez Khan
| children = Abdul Saleem Khan (Son) <br />Tooba Khan (Daughter)
| profession = Politician, [[Farmer]]
| parents = [[Mushir Ahmad Khan]] (Father)<br />Saad Fatima Khan (Mother)
| relations = [[Azam Khan (politician)|Mohammad Azam Khan]] (Uncle in Law)<br />Mohammad Zamir Khan (Uncle)<br />Ahmad Loot Khan (Maternal Uncle)
| constituency = [[Patiyali (Assembly constituency)|Patiyali]]
}}
'''Nadira Sultan''' is an Indian politician. She was elected to [[Patiyali (Assembly constituency)|Patiyali]] in the [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] as a member of the Samajwadi Party.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/uttar-pradesh/results | title=Uttar Pradesh Election Results 2022 | publisher=NDTV | access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/uttar-pradesh/all-winners/ | title=ALL WINNERS LIST UTTAR PRADESH ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2022 | publisher=News18 | access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://maharashtrapradesh.com/samajwadi-party-declared-nadira-sultan-as-candidate-from-patiali-assembly-in-kasganj/#google_vignette| title=Article on Family Detail 1| work=Maharashtra Pradesh| date=28 January 2022| publisher=MH Pradesh| access-date=28 January 2022| archive-date=29 January 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129030938/https://maharashtrapradesh.com/samajwadi-party-declared-nadira-sultan-as-candidate-from-patiali-assembly-in-kasganj/#google_vignette| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://groundreport.in/who-is-the-nadira-sultan-sp-candidate-from-patiyali/ | title=Report on History | publisher=Ground Report | access-date=9 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://myneta.info/Uttarpradesh2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=1929 | title=Know my Neta| publisher=National Election Watch | access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/agra/lok-sabha-elections-2019-nadira-sultan-join-samajwadi-party-after-left-congress | title=Joining Date | publisher=Amar Ujala | access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Nadira Sultan was born in Sahawar Town on 11 November and is daughter of politician and freedom fighter Late Mushir Ahmad Khan and Late Saad Fatima Khan. Her father was twice MP from Etha and Kasganj. Her uncle Late Mohammad Zamir Khan was MLA<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/patiyali.html|title=Patiyali (Uttar Pradesh) Election Results 2022|website=www.elections.in|date=May 2025}}</ref> and her maternal uncle Late Ahmed Loot Khan<ref>{{Cite web |title=🗳️ Ahmad Loot Khan, Aligarh Assembly Elections 1969 LIVE Results {{!}} Election Dates, Exit Polls, Leading Candidates & Parties {{!}} Latest News, Articles & Statistics {{!}} LatestLY.com |url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/1969/aligarh/ahmad-loot-khan/ |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}</ref> was Minister in Uttar Pradesh. She was married to Dr Abdul Hafeez Khan from Rampur whose uncle is ex Minister Mohammad Azam Khan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/kasganj/news/nadira-sultan-daughter-in-law-of-azam-khans-nephew-won-from-patiali-previously-all-three-seats-were-occupied-by-sp-129492836.html|title=कासगंज में भाजपा ने जीती दो सीटें:पटियाली से जीती आजम खान के भांजे की बहू नादिरा सुल्तान जीती, पहले तीनों सीटों पर था भाजपा का कब्जा|trans-title=Nadira Sultan, Daughter in law Of Azam Khan's Nephew, Won From Patiali, Previously All Three Seats Were Occupied By SP|language=hi|publisher=www.bhaskar.com|date=May 2025}}</ref>

==Political career==
In the [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], Nadira Sultan represented [[Samajwadi Party]] as a candidate from Patiyali and went on to defeat three times sitting MLA of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'s Mamtesh Shakya.
On 27 December 2022, she was awarded the membership of "Joint Committee for Women and Child Development" in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/agra/nadira-sultan-became-a-member-of-women-and-child-development-committee-kasganj-news-agr5567761163|title=नादिरा सुल्तान बनीं महिला एवं बाल विकास समिति की सदस्य|language=hi|publisher=www.amarujala.com}}</ref> She was awarded membership of "Joint Committee for Women and Child Development" in Uttar Pradesh for the second time for the year 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uplegisassembly.gov.in/getImageHandler.ashx?ID=306&con=4|website=uplegisassembly.gov.in (page 8 - section 9 - list number 11)}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027]]
[[Category:Women members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Kasganj district]]

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