Imran Reza Ansari | |
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عمران رضا أنصاري | |
Constituency | Pattan, Baramulla Kashmir |
Personal details | |
Born | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India | 7 March 1972
Political party | Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference |
Children | Mohammed Jawad Ansari (son) |
Residence(s) | Dar ul Jawad Qamarwari, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir |
Alma mater | Jamia Millia Islamia, Damascus University, Al-Mustafa International University, Tyndale Biscoe School |
Imran Reza Ansari Reza Ansari (born 7 March 1972) is a Kashmiri politician and a well known Shia cleric succeeding his father Iftikhar Hussain Ansari after later's death. He won elections from the Pattan constituency and was nominated as Minister of Information Technology, Technical Education and Youth Services and Sports. Imran is the grandson of marhoom Molvi Jawad Ansari and also the nephew of Abid Hussain Ansari . [1] [2]
Imran Reza Ansari was born to Kashmir's influential Shia religious cleric Iftikhar Hussain Ansari on 7 March 1970. He is elder to his brother Irfan Reza Ansari and younger to his sister. Raza Ansari had his matriculation from Tyndale Biscoe School in Srinagar. He then went to Jamia Millia Islamia with arts as his subject. Later he had his masters from same institution, where he qualified master's degree in political science. [3]
After death of his father Iftikhar Hussain Ansari in 2014, Imran Reza Ansari was fielded by Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party at the Pattan constituency where his father served before. In 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, Imran Reza Ansari won from his constituency with more than 14000+ votes. [4] After new government was formed by Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party, Imran Ansari was declared minister of Information Technology, Technical Education, Youth Service and Sports. [5] [6] He has also served as the president of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association. [7] Ansari ended the three decade long term of Farooq Abdullah, when he was newly elected as president of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association on 16 July 2016. [7]
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