Jaffar Hussain Meraj (born 1960) is Member of

Telangana Legislative Assembly The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telangana Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and 1 nominated member from the Anglo-Indian communi ...

from Nampally Assembly Constituency and he was Deputy Mayor of

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, commonly known as the GHMC is the civic body that oversees Hyderabad, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the local government for the cities of Hyderabad and Secund ...

from 2009 to 2012.

Personal life

Born in Hyderabad, India to former MLA Ahmed Hussain who was a legislator from Seetarambagh in 1967, his sons, Minhaj Hussain and Maqsood Hussain, have both completed their MBA and take care of the family business. In 2018, his younger son Maqsood Hussain died after prolonged illness.

Political career

Jaffer Hussain was elected to the

GHMC The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, commonly known as the GHMC is the civic body that oversees Hyderabad, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the local government for the cities of Hyderabad and Secund ...

for the first time in 2009 municipal elections from

Tolichowki Toli chowki is a neighbourhood in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The name Tolichowki comes from the Urdu word 'Toli', meaning 'troupe', and 'Chowki', meaning 'post'. It is close to the IT corridor like Gachibowli, Madhapur, Manikonda and Kondapu ...

. He has been elected as Deputy Mayor of GHMC. In General State Elections 2014, he was elected as Member of legislative assembly (MLA) of Nampally Constituency. During General State Elections 2018, Jaffer Hussain retained his seat defeating his rival Feroz Khan of the Congress party. Jaffer Hussain got 57,940 votes while Feroz Khan managed to get 48,265 votes in his favour. At the third position was the Telangana Rashtra Samithi's candidate Ch Anand Kumar Goud with 17,015 votes.

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Telangana MLAs 2014–2018 Telangana MLAs 2018–2023 1960 births Living people Politicians from Hyderabad, India All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen politicians {{Telangana-politician-stub