Habib Ur Rehman

Habib Ur Rehman
Official portrait, 2005
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office 27 February 2005 – 13 October 2009
Political party	Independent
Constituency	Nuh
State Vice-President of the Indian National Lok Dal
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 October 2023
President	Om Prakash Chautala
Secretary General	Abhay Singh Chautala
State-President	Nafe Singh Rathee
Personal details
Born	November 1, 1957 Punhana, Punjab, India (present-day Haryana, India)
Political party	Indian National Lok Dal
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (2009-2023)
Relations	Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas (brother), Chaudhary Sardar Khan (uncle)
Parent	Chaudhary Rahim Khan (father)
Alma mater	Yasin Meo Degree College (BA)
Profession	Executive Magistrate in the Government of Haryana (1983 - 1996)
Nickname	Nayab Sahab

Habib Ur Rehman (born November 1, 1957), popularly known as Nayab Sahab, is an Indian Politician and former member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Nuh constituency in the Nuh district (previously Mewat District) of Haryana. He was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly once from the Nuh Assembly constituency.

Early life

Habib Ur Rehman was born to Chaudhary Rahim Khan on November 1, 1957 in the village of Sultanpur-Punahana in Haryana. He is the youngest of three brothers and four sisters. His father was elected Member of Parliament from the Faridabad constituency in 1984 and served until his death on December 18, 1987. His father was also elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly three times independent from Nuh constituency and served as a Cabinet Minister twice in the Government of Haryana.

Political career

Habib Ur Rehman won the 2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly elections from the Nuh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and served his complete term until 2009. He ran independent and defeated the Indian National Congress candidate, Aftab Ahmed by a margin of 4,359 votes with a total candidate voter turnout of 36,879 votes.

He joined the Indian National Lok Dal party on the 25th of September 2023. He was then later nominated by Abhay Singh Chautala to be the State Vice-President of the Indian National Lok Dal on 15 October 2023.

Personal

Habib Ur Rehman is a member within the Rahim Khan Clan, a notable political family highly influential in the Mewat region of Haryana. His brother, Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas, was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly four times and has served as a Cabinet Minister for two terms in the Government of Haryana. His uncle, Chaudhary Sardar Khan, was also elected Member of Legislative Assembly from Nuh Assembly constituency and has also served as Deputy Home Minister in the Government of Haryana.

In 2009, he was responsible for the establishment of the first Medical College in the Mewat region of Haryana, Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College (SHKM GMC), alongside Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Rao Inderjeet Singh, Dr. Krishna Pandit, and Azad Mohammad.

He is married to Zaibun Nisha and has 2 children. He studied from Yasin Meo Degree College in Nuh, Haryana. He worked as a Tehsildar or Executive Magistrate in the Government of Haryana (1983 - 1996) before he was elected a Member of Legislative Assembly, this earned him the more well-known alias 'Nayab Sahab' during the time he was working as a Naib Tehsildar.

A street in Nuh, Haryana, "Nayab Wali Gali" (transl. 'Street of Nayab'), is also named after him.

Electoral performance

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Nuh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Habib Ur Rehman	36,879	38.31%	New
	INC	Chaudhary Aftab Ahmed	32,520	33.78%	5.73
	INLD	Hamid Hussain	21,032	21.85%	18.23
	BSP	Mohammad Asgar	1,403	1.46%	25.85
	Independent	Hukam Chand	1,241	1.29%	New
	BJP	Sahid	1,172	1.22%	New
	SP	Mahboob	1,007	1.05%	New
Margin of victory			4,359	4.53%	7.49
Turnout			96,261	69.77%	0.46
Registered electors			1,37,965		23.45
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	1.77