Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan

Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	Rajeshwar Bansal
Succeeded by	Hukum Singh
Constituency	Kairana
Member of 11th Lok Sabha
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Harpal Singh Panwar
Succeeded by	Virendra Verma
Constituency	Kairana
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 1998–2003
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Member of 14th Lok Sabha
In office 2004–2008
Preceded by	S. Saiduzzaman
Succeeded by	Kadir Rana
Constituency	Muzaffarnagar
Personal details
Born	15 May 1964 Kairana, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died	10 December 2008 (aged 44) Palwal, Haryana, India
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Spouse	Begum Tabassum Hasan in 1986
Children	son Nahid Hasan, daughter Iqra Hasan
Residence	Muzaffarnagar

Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan (15 May 1964 – 10 December 2008) was an MP and political activist during Mulayam Singh Yadav's Government between 2003 and 2007.

Personal life

Munawwar was born in a Gujjar family, has four brothers, was married to Begum Tabassum Hasan, and had one son (Nahid Hasan) and one daughter (Iqra Hassan).

Political life

Munawwar was elected to the State Legislative assembly from Kairana Assembly constituency in 1991 and 1993 by defeating Hukum Singh. Hasan then elected to Lok Sabha in 1996 on a Samajwadi Party ticket. He was again elected on a Samajwadi Party ticket from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh in 2004, but rebelled at the time of 22 July trust vote. He was expelled by the Samajwadi Party, which also filed a petition seeking his disqualification from the House. The petition was pending with the Lok Sabha Speaker. He later joined the Bahujan Samaj Party. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav send Hasan to Rajya Sabha in 1998 after he lost lok sabha election from Virendra Verma

Death

He was killed in a road accident near Palwal in the state of Haryana.

Positions held

Elections contested