Jaffer Hussain

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Jaffar Hussain Meraj
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly (Nampally Assembly Constituency)
In office
2014
Preceded byVirasat Rasool Khan
Deputy Mayour Of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
In office
2009 - 2012
Personal details
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Hyderabad
Political partyAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Parent(s)
  • late Ahmed Hussain (father)
ResidenceHashimabad, Hyderabad

Jaffar Hussain Meraj (born 1960) is Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly from Nampally Assembly Constituency and He was Deputy Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation from 2009 to 2012.

Personal life[edit]

Born in Hyderabad, India to former MLA Ahmed Hussain who was a legislator from Seetarambagh in 1967. His sons, Minhaj Hussain and Maqsood Hussain, have both completed their MBA and take care of the family business.[1] In 2018, his younger son Maqsood Hussain died after prolonged illness.[2]

Political career[edit]

Jaffer Hussain was elected to the GHMC for the first time in 2009 municipal elections from Tolichowki. He has been elected as Deputy Mayor of GHMC. In General State Elections 2014, he was elected as Member of legislative assembly (MLA) of Nampally Constituency. During General State Elections 2018, Jaffer Hussain retained his seat defeating his rival Feroz Khan of the Congress party. Jaffer Hussain got 57,940 votes while Feroz Khan managed to get 48,265 votes in his favour. At the third position was the Telangana Rashtra Samithi's candidate Ch Anand Kumar Goud with 17,015 votes.[3]

References[edit]

  1. "Ensuring water supply is priority: Nampally MLA-elect". thehindu.com. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. "AIMIM MLA Jaffer Mehraj's son passes away". telanganatoday.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "TS Election results: AIMIM's Jaffar Hussain Meraj retains Nampally". telanganatoday.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.