Haroon Yusuf (born 6 March 1958) is an Indian politician from the

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. He served as the Minister of Food & Civil Supplies Department and Industries Department in the

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of the

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, headed by Mrs.

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. He also served as the working president of the

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Early life and education

Yusuf was born on 6 March 1958 in Delhi to Mohd. Yusuf. He pursued M.Com. from

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. In 1988, he was elected as the Secretary of Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress and took the charge of Chairman, Anti-Narcotic Cell, All India Youth Congress Wing and in 1989 he was appointed Joint Secretary of All India Youth Congress Wing.

Political career

He was elected to the

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for the first time in 1993 from Ballimaran and since then had been elected in every assembly elections from the same constituency till 2015. In

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, he was elected for the fifth time from Ballimaran constituency. He is the first elected Chairman of

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(1999-2004). *In 2001, he became Minister of Development, Revenue, Irrigation & Flood Control and Food & Supplies Department in Delhi government. *In 2003, he was the Minister of Power & Transport. *In 2008, he took the position of Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Industries Department.Members of the Fourth Assembly of Delhi
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, for the first time, he lost the election to Imran Hussain of the

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Positions held

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yusuf, Haroon 1958 births Living people Indian Muslims Indian National Congress politicians from Delhi All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) politicians State cabinet ministers of Delhi People from Delhi Delhi University alumni Delhi MLAs 2013–2015 Delhi MLAs 2008–2013 Delhi MLAs 1998–2003 Delhi MLAs 2003–2008