Alamgir Alam

Alamgir Alam
Cabinet Minister, Government of Jharkhand
In office 29 December 2019 – 17 May 2024
Governor	Draupadi Murmu Ramesh Bais C. P. Radhakrishnan
Chief Minister	Hemant Soren
Ministry and Departments	Parliamentary Affairs. Rural development.
Preceded by	Nilkant Singh Munda
Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Preceded by	Aquil Akhtar
Constituency	Pakur
In office 2000–2009
Succeeded by	Aquil Akhtar
Constituency	Pakur
Leader of Congress Legislative Party(CLP) in Jharkhand Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Personal details
Born	Pakur, Jharkhand
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence	Pakur

Alamgir Alam (born 1950) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a four-term MLA for Pakur Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha. He was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly in the 2000, 2005, 2014 and 2019 elections.^[1] He also served as the Speaker of the Jharkhand assembly between 20 October 2006, and 12 December 2009.^[2][3]

Early life and education

Alam is from Pakur, Pakur District, Jharkhand. He is the son of Sanaul Haque. He completed his B.Sc. in 1974 at Sahibganj College, which is affiliated with Bhagalpur University.^[4]

Career

Alam retained his seat in the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, defeating Akil Akhtar, who in 2009 elections.^[5] After the elections, in which Congress emerged victorious in coalition with JMM and RJD, Alam was elected as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party.^[6] On 29 December 2019, Alam was among the initial four members sworn into the state Cabinet along with chief minister Hemant Soren, Rameshwar Oraon and Satyanand Bhokta.^[7]

Earlier, he first became an MLA winning the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election and retained the Pakur seat for the first time in the newly formed Jharkhand state in the 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election defeating Beni Prasad Gupta of the BJP, by a margin of 25,736 votes. Later, he won again in the 2014 and became a four time MLA winning in 2019. In between, he lost the 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election.

He was arrested by the ED on alleged charges in a money laundering case.^[8]

References

1. "Two ex-Speakers of J'khand Assembly win, present Speaker loses". Business Standard. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
2. "Speaker chosen, without election – Legislators' unanimous decision on Alamgir Alam Q Induction of twelfth minister after Nov. 3". The Telegraph. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
3. "विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष". Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
4. "Alamgir Alam(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- PAKUR(PAKUR ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
5. "Election Result 2019 LIVE Candidate, Constituency and Party-Wise Winner List". Firstpost. 23 December 2019.
6. "Alamgir Alam elected Jharkhand CLP leader". Business Standard. 23 December 2019.
7. Mrituanjay Kumar (30 December 2019). "THE MINISTERS OF STATE CABINET". Daily Pioneer.
8. "Jharkhand's Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam has been arrested by the ED". Prabhat Khabar.