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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Waqar Ahmad Shah
| image =
| imagesize = 200px
| alt =
| caption =
| constituency1 = [[Bahraich (Assembly constituency)|Bahraich Sadar]]
| order1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[12th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|12th Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/StatisticalReport_UP_1993.pdf |title=List Of Political Parties |website=Eci.nic.in |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2017-03-15}}</ref>
| predecessor1 = Brij Raj Tripathi
| successor1 = ''Himself''
| term1 = November 1993 – August 1996
| constituency2 = [[Bahraich (Assembly constituency)|Bahraich Sadar]]
| order2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[13th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|13th Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH|website=Eci.nic.in |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2017-03-15}}</ref>
| predecessor2 = ''Himself''
| successor2 = ''Himself''
| term2 = September 1996 – February 2002
| constituency3 = [[Bahraich (Assembly constituency)|Bahraich Sadar]]
| order3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|14th Legislative Assembly]]<ref name="eci.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf|format=PDF|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH|website=Eci.nic.in|accessdate=2017-03-15}}</ref>
| predecessor3 = ''Himself''
| successor3 = ''Himself''
| term3 = February 2002 – April 2007
| constituency4 = [[Bahraich (Assembly constituency)|Bahraich Sadar]]
| order4 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|15th Legislative Assembly]]<ref name="eci.nic.in"/>
| predecessor4 = ''Himself''
| successor4 = ''Himself''
| term4 = May 2007 – March 2012
| constituency5 = [[Bahraich (Assembly constituency)|Bahraich Sadar]]
| order5 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf|format=PDF|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH|website=Eci.nic.in|accessdate=2017-03-15}}</ref>
| predecessor5 = ''Himself''
| successor5 = ''Himself''
| term5 = March 2012 – 2017
| order6 = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] Deputy Speaker
| term6 = 14 November 2003 – 26 July 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uplegassembly.nic.in/ENGLISH/deputy_speaker.htm|title=Deputy Speaker – UPLA|website=Uplegassembly.nic.in|accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref>
| predecessor6 = Dr. Ammar Rizvi
| successor6 = Razesh Agrawal
| order7 = [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] Acting Speaker
| term8 = 19 May 2004 – May 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uplegassembly.nic.in/ENGLISH/prev_speakers.htm|title=All Speaker – UPLA|website=Uplegassembly.nic.in|accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref>
| office8 = Cabinet Minister for Labour and Employment
| predecessor8 =
| successor =
| office9 = Cabinet Minister for Labour and Employment
| successor9 = Shahid Manzoor
| term9 = 15 March 2012 – 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|07|06|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bahraich]], [[United Provinces (1937-50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| occupation = Doctor, Politician
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|04|15|1943|07|06|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[Kanpur University]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| education = Doctor
| spouse = [[Rubab Sayda]]
| father = Khwaja Qamarudin
}}

'''Waqar Ahmad Shah''' (6 July 1943<ref>{{cite web|url=http://upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=2208|title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info|website=Upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in|accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref> – 15 April 2018<ref>https://www.patrika.com/lucknow-news/sp-leader-former-minister-doctor-waqar-shah-died-2653622/</ref>) was an Indian political leader in the Bahraich district.

==Early life==
Shah completed his early education in Bahraich, and later completed a [[doctoral degree]] from [[Kanpur University]]. In his early life, he worked as a teacher in Ameermah Primary School, an elementary school in the city [[Bahraich]]. From 1975 to 1982, Shah worked as a medical officer, practicing as a doctor in Dargah's hospital; his clinic is also situated in the city [[Bahraich]]. He has been a member of the [[Indian Medical Association]]'s Bahraich Unit since 1976. Shah has also been{{When|date=March 2017}} a member of the noted City Azad Inter College, a guardian of the Red Cross Society, Bahraich, a member of the district eye relief committee, and a member of the management committee of the Maharaj Singh Inter College.

==Political career==
Shah's political career started when he joined the [[Janata Dal]] in 1989, where he was sent to jail for a day{{Why?|No explanation given|date=June 2017}}. In prison, he put the Janata Dal in motion. He also won an election to the Assembly for the first time. In 1993, he was elected to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] Samajwadi Party ticket in the election of the Assembly. In 1993, he was Secretary of the Samajwadi Legislature Board. He was a member of the public accounts committee from 1993 to 1994. His second victory in the assembly elections came in 1996. From 1996 to 2003, he was the Samajwadi Party committee member in question, Chief Whip and from 1997 to 1998, the legislature board. In 2002 in the Assembly elections in successive third times on Samajwadi Party ticket, he was elected president, assembly seat Bahraich. From 2002 to 2003 he was the dean board member of the Legislative Assembly. In 2003, he was elected vice president of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on this post May until 2004. From May 2004 to July 2004 he was also acting president of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. In August 2004, he worked as the cabinet Minister for Labor and Employment, Uttar Pradesh Government until May 2007. In an assembly election in May 2007 Waqar Ahmad Shah was elected to the Assembly continuously 4 times for the Bahraich seat, he then worked as Samajwadi Party deputy leader of the legislature board from 2007 until 2012. In 2012, he was elected 5 consecutive times in the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh as President of the Assembly and once again as the cabinet Minister for Labor and Employment. Waqar Ahmad Shah became seriously ill in 2014, and he was consequently removed from the cabinet of Akhilesh Yadav.
[[File:Yasar Shah Cabinet Minister.jpg|thumb|Dr. Waqar Ahmad Shah's Son, Yasar Shah, Cabinet Minister Akhilesh Yadav Govt.]]

==Development==
Waqar Ahmad Shah was a prominent speaker on infrastructure development, especially when talking about district hospitals equipped with modern facility, medical colleges, roads, handpumps, and ecotourism.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}
As a Labour Minister, he ordered quick action to prosecute those forcing child labour as soon as it was reported. He worked toward children education for those rescued from child labour.

==Death==
Shah died on 15 April 2018 in [[Lucknow]]'s Civil hospital after a long illness.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.patrika.com/lucknow-news/sp-leader-former-minister-doctor-waqar-shah-died-2653622/ |title=पूर्व मंत्री डाक्टर वकार अहमद शाह का निधन |last=Pandey |first=Ashish |date=15 April 2018 |website=Patrika Hindi News |publisher= |access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref> He was buried in the graveyard near Azad Inter College, Bahraich.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/pdfs/mla/286.pdf|format=PDF|title=वकार अहमद शाह, डा0 : निर्वाचि क्षेत्र-286, बहरवइच, जिलव-बहरवइच। दल-समविर्वदी पवर्टी।|website=Uplegisassembly.gov.in|accessdate=2017-03-15}}
*{{cite web|url=http://uplegassembly.nic.in/ENGLISH/deputy_speaker.htm |title=Deputy Speaker - UPLA |website=Uplegassembly.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2017-03-15}}
*{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Waqar-Ahmed-hospitalised/articleshow/18475855.cms |title=Waqar Ahmed hospitalised |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2013-02-13 |accessdate=2017-03-15}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-mla-waqar-ahmed-shah-membership-may-be-cancel-4997939-PHO.html |title=mla waqar ahmed shah membership may be cancel |website=Bhaskar.com |date=2015-05-19 |accessdate=2017-03-15}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/waqar-ahmead-relieve-from-ministership |title=Waqar Ahmead Relieve From Ministership - बीमार वकार अहमद को अखिलेश ने दी छुट्टी, Lucknow News In Hindi |publisher=Amar Ujala |language=hi|date= |accessdate=2017-03-15}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bahraich-12459581.html?src=Search-ART-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9 |title=सदर विधायक बीमार, लटका है विकास कार्य 12459581 |website=Jagran.com|language=hi |date=2015-06-09 |accessdate=2017-03-15}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.jantajanardan.com/NewsDetails/16000/from-charbagh-uttar-pradesh-special-reports.htm |title=चारबाग से, उत्तर प्रदेश की खास खबरें |publisher=JantaJanardan |language=hi|date=2012-11-10 |accessdate=2017-03-15}}

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