Syed Shahnawaz Hussain

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain is an Indian politician, national spokesperson, and CEC member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a former Cabinet Minister. Hussain was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 from Kishanganj constituency and was appointed Minister of State, holding various portfolios such as food processing industries, youth affairs and sports, and human resource development at different times. In 2001, he was given independent charge of the Ministry of Coal and was elevated to the rank of a Cabinet Minister with the Civil Aviation portfolio in September 2001, becoming the youngest Cabinet Minister ever in the Government of India.

Later, he held the Textiles portfolio as Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2004. He is often referred to as 'The Original Youth Leader'.

Though he lost the 2004 general elections, he re-entered the Lok Sabha in November 2006 in a by-election, winning the vacant seat of Bhagalpur in Bihar. He entered the 15th Lok Sabha again from Bhagalpur in 2009. He contested the Lok Sabha election in 2014 from Bhagalpur again but lost with a small margin. He contested his first election from Kishanganj in 1998, securing 230,210 votes in a losing cause. He helped Bhagalpur to be named under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Smart Cities Scheme. Due to his efforts, the Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express got a halt at Naughachia Railway station.

Hussain was born on 12 December 1968 to Syed Nasir Hussain and Nasima Khatoon in Supaul, Bihar. He has a Diploma in Engineering (Electronics) from B.S.S.E., Supaul, and ITI, Pusa, Delhi. He married Renu Hussain on 12 December 1994, with whom he has two sons and a daughter.

Email: office.shahnawazhussain@gmail.com