Shariff Mohammed Ahmed is an Indian politician and the Chairman of

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council or Andhra Pradesh Śāsana Manḍali is the upper house of the legislature of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and the lower house being the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly It is situated in the s ...

. He assumed charge on 7 February 2019 and is a member of

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has fo ...

. His tenure ended on 31 May 2021.

Early life

Shariff was born to Mohammed Khasim Sharif and hails from

Narasapuram Narasapuram, or Narsapur, is a city in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and mandal headquarters of Narasapuram mandal in Narasapuram revenue division. The city is situated on the banks of the V ...

in West Godavari district in

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. He completed his graduation with a

Bachelor of Commerce A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanmar, ...

degree from

Sri Y N College Sri Yerramilli Narayanamurthy College, or Sri Y N College, is a higher educational institute in Narsapuram, a town of the West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The college is government-aided, autonomous and NAAC Grade A. Present The ...

at Narasapuram. He did

Master of Commerce Master of Commerce (MCom or M Comm; sometimes '' Magister Commercii'' as MagComm or Mag. comm.) is a postgraduate master's degree focusing on commerce-, accounting-, management- and economics-related subjects. Like the undergraduate Bachelor of Co ...

in 1978 and

LLB Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

in 1979 from

Bhopal University Barkatullah University is a state government university in Bhopal, India. Originally known as the ''University of Bhopal'', and informally as ''Bhopal University'', it was renamed in 1988 after the freedom fighter Professor Maulavi Barkatullah, ...

Political career

Shariff was a part of the

since its inception by

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh fo ...

in 1982. He held various positions in the party including national general secretary. Sharif was appointed as a Member of Legislative Council and later as the government

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in the Council. On 7 February 2019, Sharif was elected as the Chairman of

. His tenure ended on 31 May 2021.

References

External links

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Andhra Pradesh State Portal
1950s births 21st-century Indian politicians Living people Telugu Desam Party politicians Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh politicians Chairs of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council People from West Godavari district {{AndhraPradesh-TDP-politician-stub