Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Naqvi in 2017
Minister of Minority Affairs
In office 12 July 2016 – 6 July 2022
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Najma Heptullah
Succeeded by	Smriti Irani
Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
In office 19 July 2021 – 4 July 2022
Leader	Piyush Goyal
Preceded by	Piyush Goyal
Succeeded by	Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of State for Minority Affairs
In office 26 May 2014 – 12 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Najma Heptullah
Preceded by	Ninong Ering
Succeeded by	Virendra Kumar
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
In office 26 May 2014 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	M.Venkaiah Naidu Ananth Kumar
Preceded by	V Narayanasamy
Succeeded by	Vijay Goel
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 8 July 2016 – 4 July 2022
Preceded by	M. J. Akbar
Succeeded by	Aditya Sahu
Constituency	Jharkhand
In office 5 July 2010 – 4 July 2016
Constituency	Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born	(1957-10-15) 15 October 1957 (age 66) Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Seema Naqvi
Children	1
Alma mater	Asian Academy of Higher Studies, Noida[1][2]

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician and was the Union Minister of Minority Affairs. He had served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2022^[3] and was Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha between 2021 and 2022.

Naqvi was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh from 2010 to 2016 and from Jharkhand from 2016 to 2022.