Kamal Akhtar | |
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| Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| Constituency | Hasanpur |
| Cabinet Minister, Food and civil Supply of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 2015–2017 | |
| Panchayati Raj Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 2012–2015 | |
| Member of Parliament Of Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 2004–2010 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 October 1971 Ujhari, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Samajwadi Party |
| Spouse | Humera Bano |
| Alma mater | Jamia Millia Islamia |
| Profession | Advocate, Politician |
Kamal Akhtar or Kamaal Akhtar or Kamaal Akhtar Tyagi (born 24 October 1971) is a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly [1] and has earlier been the former Panchayati Raj Minister of Uttar Pradesh, former Member of the Legislative Assembly, and a politician from Samajwadi Party as well as a former Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He belongs to Ujhari, Jyotiba Phule Nagar District.
He lost his seat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Mahender Singh Kadakhvashi of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]
He won his seat in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election from Kanth (Moradabad).[3]
Kamaal Akhtar was born to Nafeesuddin Ahmad and Mahajabin in Ujhari.[4] He completed his B.A. (Hons.) in Economics and LL.B. at the Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi. His wife Humara Akhter was Samajwadi Party Lok sabha candidate from Amroha in the sixteenth Lok sabha election.[5]