Mohammad Jawed
{{short description|Indian politician (born 1963)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
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| name = Mohammad Jawed
| honorific_suffix = MP
| image = Mohammad Jawed 1.jpg
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| office1 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| constituency1 = Kishanganj
| majority =
| term_start1 = 23 May 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor1 = Mohammad Asrarul Haque
| successor1 =
| prior_term =
| office2 = Member of the
Bihar Legislative Assembly
| term_start2 = 2010
| term_end2 = 2019
| predecessor2 = Akhtarul Iman
| successor2 = Qamrul Hoda
| constituency2 = Kishanganj
| term_start3 = 2000
| term_end3 = 2005
| predecessor3 = Sikander Singh
| successor3 = Gopal Kumar Agarwal
| constituency3 = Thakurganj
| party = Indian National Congress
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|6|17}}
| birth_place = Kishanganj, Bihar, India
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| spouse = Yuman Husain
| children = 2 sons
| residence = Kishanganj
| alma_mater = University of Kashmir (MBBS)
| website =
| religion =
| footnotes =
| date = April
| year = 2019
| source = {{url|http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/Knowyourmla.html}}
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Mohammad Jawed (born 17 June 1963) is an Indian politician, doctor and Member of Parliament, Loksabha. He has been elected to the Lok Sabha two times from Kishanganj constituency in the 2019 Indian general election and 2024 Indian general election as member of the Indian National Congress.{{cite web |date=23 May 2019 |title=Kishanganj Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Dr. Mohammad Jawed of INC Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/kishanganj-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2155345.html |accessdate=2019-05-24 |publisher=News 18}}{{Cite web |title=Dr Mohammad Jawed |url=https://indianexpress.com/about/mohammad-jawed/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} He is a Whip of Congress Party in Lok Sabha.{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2024-07-14 |title=Gaurav Gogoi appointed Congress's Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha; Kodikunnil Suresh to be Chief Whip |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gaurav-gogoi-appointed-congresss-deputy-leader-in-lok-sabha-kodikunnil-suresh-to-be-chief-whip/article68402772.ece |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |quote=MPs Manickam Tagore and Md. Jawaid have been appointed as Whips and Kodikunnil Suresh has been appointed as the Chief Whip.}}
Before entering the Lok Sabha, he had been a four-time MLA. He is also a MBBS doctor and worked as a physician before he entered the politics.
Early life
Jawed was born into a political family on 17 June 1963 in Gowabadi village, Kishanganj district, Bihar. His father Mohammad Hussain Azad was a congress man and served 6 times as MLA from different Vidhan Sabha consistency in Bihar.
Jawed did his tenth grade (1979) and intermediate (1981) from The Air Force School (TAFS) in New Delhi.{{Cite web|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/CandidateCustomFilter?_token=zVd3WVnGceajvgemzo5nYnq44NvU2Ba0xkkTiVzT&electionType=1&states=S04&phaseName=2&constId=10&submitName=6&page=2|title=Election Commission of India|website=affidavit.eci.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528051835/https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/CandidateCustomFilter?_token=zVd3WVnGceajvgemzo5nYnq44NvU2Ba0xkkTiVzT&electionType=1&states=S04&phaseName=2&constId=10&submitName=6&page=2|archive-date=2019-05-28|url-status=dead}} He has done MBBS from Govt. Medical College, Kashmir university in 1989. He worked as a physician in his area for many years{{Cite web |title=Dr Mohammad Jawed |url=https://indianexpress.com/about/mohammad-jawed/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} Later he moved into politics.{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/54.pdf|date=2019-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604030010/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/54.pdf|access-date=2019-06-04|archive-date=2019-06-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/54.pdf|title=bihar vidhan sabha constituency no.54}}
Personal life
Mohammad Jawed is married to Yuman Hussain, a social worker, running a society Azad India Foundation.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-08 |title=Women of the Shershabadi community sew tales of tradition to keep a lesser-known craft form alive |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/womens-day-the-women-of-the-shershabadi-community-and-their-reversible-quilts-kheta-7804910/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} He has two sons.
Political career
In 1989, he entered politics. As an Indian National Congress candidate in 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election he won from Kishanganj Vidhan Sabha constituency.{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/Knowyourmla.html|title=BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/Know your MLA|website=vidhansabha.bih.nic.in|access-date=2019-05-26}} He was re-elected in Feb. 2005, 2010 & 2015 three terms for Bihar Legislative Assembly from Kishanganj Vidhan Sabha constituency.
He resigned from his MLA post and contested the election for the Member of Parliament from the Congress Party in the 2019 General Election.{{Cite web|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/kishanganj-lok-sabha-election-result-2019-live-updates-fight-between-mohammad-javed-mahmood-ashraf-1-1085178.html|title=Kishanganj Lok Sabha Chunav Result 2019: कांग्रेस के मो. जावेद ने जदयू के सैयद महमूद अशरफ को हराया|website=aajtak.intoday.in|date=23 May 2019 |language=hi|access-date=2019-05-26}}{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/former_mla.html|title=BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/Former MLA|website=vidhansabha.bih.nic.in|access-date=2019-05-26}} Then, he was the only candidate of mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) who won any seats in Bihar state.{{Cite news |last=Tewary |first=Amarnath |date=2024-04-02 |title=Lok Sabha 2024: Congress names candidates on 3 seats in Bihar |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bihar/lok-sabha-2024-congress-names-candidates-on-3-seats-in-bihar/article68019938.ece |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}
Apart from this he's currently the Secretary of AICC. He served as the Law, Animal husbandry and Fisheries minister, Chief whip during his tenure as a MLA. He's also a former working president of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee.
References
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External links
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Category:Lok Sabha members from Bihar
Category:People from Kishanganj district
Category:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election