Nafees Ahmad is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Gopalpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the

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

Ahmad was born 8 July 1980 in Sadar,

Azamgarh Azamgarh is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Azamgarh division, which consists of Ballia, Mau and Azamgarh districts. Azamgarh is situated on the bank of Tamsa River (Tons). It is located east of the st ...

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to Altaf Ahmad. He married Nishad Akhtar in 2004, they have one son and three daughters. He belongs to Muslim family. He did his

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degree from

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and had

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degree from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur.

Political career

Ahmad was President of

Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union The Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union (AMUSU) is the official Students' Union of the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. The Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union is the university-wide representative body for students and is ...

. Ahmad is representing as MLA of Gopalpur since 2017, as a member of

. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections he defeated

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candidate Shrikrishna Pal by a margin of 14,960 votes.

Posts held

References

Samajwadi Party politicians Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 1980 births Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-SP-politician-stub