Hujjatul Islam Wal Muslimeen Moulana Imran Reza Ansari (born 7 March 1972) is a Kashmiri politician and a Shia cleric,succeeding his father Iftikhar Hussain Ansari after the latter's death. He won elections from the Pattan constituency on PDP's ticket and was nominated as Minister of Information Technology,Technical Education and Youth Services and Sports. After disagreements with the leadership of the party,in 2018,Ansari left the PDP and joined the People's Conference [PC]. In 2024 he lost a crucial election to National Conference (NC) candidate Javaid Riyaz Bedar with 603 votes. Imran is the grandson of Molvi Jawad Ansari and also the nephew of Abid Hussain Ansari. [1][2]
Ansari is the Wakil (Representative) of Ayatollah Sistani,a post which he received upon succeeding his father,in the religious and political spheres.
Early life and education
Imran Reza Ansari was born to Kashmir's influential Shia religious cleric Iftikhar Hussain Ansari on 7 March 1972. 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 with a master's degree in political science. Being a member of a clerical and religious family he was aware of his forthcoming responsibilities. And so,after qualifying masters,he went to study Islamic Doctrine at Howzeh Zainabiyyah in Syria,while also simultaneously achieving a Diploma in Arabic Language at the Department of Linguistics at the University Of Damascus. He stayed there for about 6 and a half years. After which,Ansari spend some time studying theoogical courses at Lebanon. And finally,he then settled in Qom,to study at the Qom Hawza &Al-Mustafa International University to study Islamic Philosophy and Theology.
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