Saifuddin Soz

Prof. Saifuddin Soz
The Union Minister for Water Resources, Prof. Saifuddin Soz (left), in New Delhi on October 17, 2008 with Basavaraj Bommai (right), the Minister for Water Resources, Government of Karnataka.
Minister of Water Resources
In office
22 May 2004 – 22 May 2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded bySantosh Mohan Dev
Succeeded byMeira Kumar
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2009–2015
In office
2002–2008
In office
1996–1998
Member of the Lok Sabha
for Baramulla
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byGhulam Rasool Kar
Succeeded byAbdul Rashid Shaheen
In office
1983–1991
Preceded byKhwaja Mubarak Shah
Succeeded byGhulam Rasool Kar
Personal details
Born (1937-11-23) 23 November 1937 (age 86)
Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Alma materUniversity of Kashmir

Professor Saifuddin Soz (born 23 November 1937) is an Indian professor and seven term Member of the Parliament of India. Soz hails from the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

He had been India's Minister of Water Resources in India's 14th Lok Sabha and Minister of Environment and Forests in the 1990s. In January 2006, he was nominated to the Congress Working Committee, the executive committee of the Indian National Congress.[1]


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