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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image = Shazia Ilmi 2018.jpg
|image_size = 250px
|alt = Shazia Ilmi
|caption = Shazia Ilmi
|birth_date ={{birth date and age|1970|04|02|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|nationality = [[India]]n
|office1 = Spokesperson of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|term_start1 = 2015
|term_end1 =
|office2 = Spokesperson of [[India Against Corruption]]
|term_start2 = 2011
|term_end2 = 2012
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] 2015– present
|otherparty = [[Aam Aadmi Party]] till 2014
|alma_mater = St. Bedes College, Shimla
|occupation = [[Social Activist]], [[Journalist]], [[Politician]]
|spouse = Sajjad Malik
}}

'''Shazia Ilmi''' (born 1970)<ref name="bp" /> is an Indian politician. She was previously a [[television journalist]] and anchor at [[STAR News|Star News]]. She led a media campaign for an [[The Lokpal Bill, 2011|anti-corruption bill]] (to institute an ombudsman popularly known as the [[Jan Lokpal Bill]]). She was a member of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]]'s National Executive but left the party in May 2014 and joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in January 2015.

==Early life==
Shazia Ilmi comes from a middle-class [[Kanpur]]-based Muslim family with links to the [[Indian National Congress]] political party.<ref name=indiatv>{{cite news|title=Know all about Shazia Ilmi, the journalist-turned-politician|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/know-all-about-shazia-ilmi-25203.html|date=January 20, 2015|first=Rakesh|last=Jha|publisher=[[India TV]]}}</ref> Her father, Maulana Ishaq Ilmi, was the founder and editor of ''Siyasat Jadid'', a Kanpur-based [[Urdu]] newspaper. Her brother is Dr. Aijaz Ilmi, a member and spokesperson of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Her sister is married to [[Arif Mohammed Khan]], a former [[Indian National Congress]] politician and Union Minister who recently was appointed as the [[Governor of Kerala]].<ref name="et25122011">{{cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-12-25/news/30554968_1_team-anna-anna-hazare-ralegan-siddhi |title=Shazia Ilmi, ex-journalist: The Muslim face of Team Anna |last=Sruthijith |first=K. K. |publisher=The Economic Times |date=25 December 2011 |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>

Ilmi was educated at St. Mary's School in Kanpur and Nainital and then at [[St. Bede's College, Shimla]].<ref name="bp">{{Cite news|author=BP Staff|title=The Biography of Shazia Ilmi, a prominent Team Anna Member|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2012/08/the-biography-of-sazia-ilmi-a-prominent-team-anna-member/|date=2 August 2012|accessdate=18 June 2013|work=Biharprabha News}}</ref> She then completed degree courses in journalism and broadcasting at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] and the [[University of Wales]], [[Cardiff]],<ref name="et25122011" /> and also completed a diploma in 16mm film production at [[New York Film Academy]].<ref name=Voll>{{cite book|last=Voll|first=Klaus|title=AAM AADMI PARTY (AAP) A NEW POLITICAL PARTY IN INDIA|year=2013|publisher=FEPS|page=9|url=http://www.feps-europe.eu/assets/6e7239fa-a2ab-48d3-8038-eef58eb853c3/2013.01.22%20aam%20aadmi%20party%20profile.pdf|author2=Kamakshi Nanda|access-date=1 September 2013|archive-date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102012835/http://www.feps-europe.eu/assets/6e7239fa-a2ab-48d3-8038-eef58eb853c3/2013.01.22%20aam%20aadmi%20party%20profile.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Shazia Ilmi 2018.jpg|thumb|Ilmi in 2018]]
In January 2017, Ilmi was appointed the additional director (non-official part-time independent) of Engineers India Ltd (EIL) from 27 March 2017 to 30 January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineersindia.com/PDF/Notice%20of%2052nd%20AGM.pdf|title=Shazia appointment}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/bjps-sambit-patra-appointed-to-ongc-board-2401653.html|title=BJP's Sambit Patra appointed to ONGC board}}</ref>

She is married to Sajid Mallik.<ref name=indiatv/>

==Television career==
Ilmi spent 15 years in varied aspects of television news and documentary production.<ref name="et25122011"/> She has been an anchor on Star News, where she hosted and produced the popular prime time news show ''Desh Videsh''.<ref>{{cite news |title=A thinktank brings Anna the eyeballs |first=Rahul |last=Kaniwal |publisher=India Today |date=18 August 2011 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anna-hazares-media-strategy-decoded/1/148483.html |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>

Ilmi has been a member of the [[International Association of Women in Radio and Television]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=IAWRT Members and their World Premiere Films |journal=The International Association of Women in Radio and Television Newsletter |url=http://www.iawrt.org/sites/default/files/field/pdf/2013/06/201104-April2011-IAWRT%20Newsletter.pdf |publisher=IAWRT |volume=2 |issue=1 |date=April 2011 |page=4 |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref> Her film titled ''P.O. 418 Siyasat Kanpur'', concerning the struggle for survival of an [[Urdu language]] newspaper, was screened at the IAWRT film festival in 2011<ref>{{cite news |title=Becoming a woman |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/03/11/stories/2011031150280100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019031753/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/03/11/stories/2011031150280100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 October 2011 |date=11 March 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref> and also at events such as a similar festival in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffk.in/idsffk2011/index.php?page=fest-film |title=4th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala |publisher=Kerala State Chalachitra Academy for the Government of Kerala |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref> She was also a co-director, with Radha Hola, of a 1996 documentary concerning the eco-feminist [[Vandana Shiva]]. This film, called ''Daughter of the Earth — Portrait of Vandana Shiva'', has been shown by various television broadcasters, including the [[Discovery Channel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.10francs.fr/pages/filminfo.php?ref=1009 |title=Daughter of the earth - Portrait of Vandana Shiva |publisher=10 Francs |accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>

==Politics==
She was a member of the National Executive of the Aam Aadmi Party<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/page/national-executive |publisher=Aam Aadmi Party |title=National Executive |accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> and was seen in a [[sting operation]], along with other AAP leaders such as [[Kumar Vishwas]], allegedly accepting money for the party in return for favours.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aap-leaders-raising-funds-through-illegal-means-shows-sting--kejriwal-cries-foul/1197959/ |title=AAP leaders raising funds through illegal means, shows sting; Kejriwal cries foul |publisher=Indian Express |date=22 November 2013 |accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref> She offered to withdraw her candidature in the Delhi legislative assembly elections of 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/aap-sting-operation-Arvind-Kejriwal-cries-conspiracy-shazia-ilmi-offers-to-resign_891586.html |title=AAP sting operation: Arvind Kejriwal cries conspiracy, Shazia Ilmi offers to resign |publisher=Zee News |accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref> which the party has rejected after going through the entire raw footage, calling the operation a political conspiracy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aap-defends-shazia-ilmi-threatens-to-sue-media-sarkar-and-tv-channels/1198331/ |title=AAP defends Shazia Ilmi, threatens to sue Media Sarkar and TV channels |publisher=Indian Express |date=23 November 2013 |accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref> The [[Election Commission of India|Election Commission]] ordered an inquiry regarding the legitimacy of the video.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ec-begins-inquiry-into-sting-operation-against-aap-leaders/1/326154.html |title=EC begins inquiry into sting operation against AAP leaders |publisher=India Today |date=22 November 2013 |accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref>{{clarify|reason=what was the outcome?|date=September 2016}}

She contested the [[2014 Indian general election|Lok Sabha elections, 2014]] for the AAP from [[Ghaziabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghaziabad]] but lost to [[V. K. Singh]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/6th-candidate-list-announced-2014-elections| title=6th Candidate List Announced - 2014 Elections|publisher = Aam Aadmi Party official portal}}</ref> After this, being unhappy with the party's leadership, she resigned her party membership on 24 May 2014.<ref name="Ilmi resigns">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/aap-in-turmoil-as-shazia-ilmi-and-captain-gopinath-quit/articleshow/35554364.cms |title=AAP in turmoil as Shazia Ilmi and Captain Gopinath quit |work=The Economic Times |date=24 May 2014 |accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref>

Ilmi joined the BJP on 16 January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shazia Ilmi joins BJP, not to enter poll fray|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-aap-leader-shazia-ilmi-meets-amit-shah/article6793676.ece|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>

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