Iqbal Mehmood (born 21 November 1949) is an Indian politician and a member of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...

from

Sambhal Sambhal is a city located in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh state in India. The city lies approximately 158 kilometres (98 mi) east of New Delhi and 355 kilometres (220 mi) north-west of state capital Lucknow. History Sambhal ...

. He is the senior leader of

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

Early life and education

Iqbal Mehmood was born in

, Uttar Pradesh. He holds Bachelor of Science degree from

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

in 1974.

Political career

Iqbal Mehmood has been an MLA seven times, first from 1991 to 1992, and then for six consecutive terms starting in 1996 for which he is now the incumbent. He represented the

constituency and is a member of the

References

Samajwadi Party politicians Living people 1949 births People from Sambhal district Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-SP-politician-stub