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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ajay Maken
| image = [[File:Ajay Maken at NDTV Sports event.jpg|220px]]
| caption =
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|1|12}}
| birth_place =[[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| residence = [[New Delhi]]
|office = General Secretary of <br/>[[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] for [[Rajasthan]]
|term_start = 11 September 2020
|term_end =
|predecessor = [[Avinash Pandey]]
|office1 = [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (India)|Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation]]
| primeminister1 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start1 = 28 October 2012
| term_end1 = 15 June 2013
| predecessor1 = [[Selja Kumari]]
| successor1 = [[Girija Vyas]]
| office2 = [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports]]
| term_start2 = May 2011
| term_end2 = 28 October 2012

| primeminister2 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| predecessor2 = [[M. S. Gill]]
| successor2 = [[Jitendra Singh (Congress politician)|Jitendra Singh]]
|office3 = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]
| primeminister3 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| minister3= [[P. Chidambaram]]
| term_start3 = 28 May 2009
| term_end3 = May 2011

| office4 =[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start4 = 13 May 2004
| term_end4 = 16 May 2014
| constituency4 = [[New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|New Delhi]]
| predecessor4 = [[Jagmohan]]
| successor4 = [[Meenakshi Lekhi]]
|office5=[[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start5=1993
|term_end5=2004
|predecessor5=''constituency created''
|successor5=Ramesh Lamba
|constituency5=[[Rajouri Garden (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rajouri Garden]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]]
| spouse = Radhika Maken
| children = 3
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 16 September |
| year = 2006 |
| source = http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4075
}}

'''Ajay Maken''' is a politician from the [[Indian National Congress]] party. He is the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Congress Appoints Ajay Maken As AICC General Secretary Of Rajasthan; Gehlot, Pilot Welcome Move|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-congress-appoints-ajay-maken-as-general-secretary-in-charge-of-rajasthan-gehlot-pilot-welcome-move/358792|access-date=20 October 2020|work=Outlook}}</ref> He was formerly a minister in the Indian Cabinet of Prime Minister [[Dr. Manmohan Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Big Cabinet Reshuffle|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/the-big-cabinet-reshuffle-732215|access-date=20 October 2020|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> and a minister in the Cabinet of Delhi Chief Minister [[Sheila Dikshit]].

He was twice elected as a Member of the [[Parliament of India]], and three times to the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]. He was the President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee.<ref name="hansarians">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110913/jsp/nation/story_14500529.jsp |title=Aiyar angers Hansarians |work=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=11 August 2012}}</ref>

==Political career==
Maken has been a two-time Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha from 2004–2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4075|title=Detailed Profile: Shri Ajay Maken|access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> and three-time Member of Legislative Assembly of Delhi (from 1993–2004).

At the National level, Maken was the youngest Union Cabinet Minister from the Congress Party for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (2012–13),<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 October 2012|title=Achiever Maken moves up theLadder|work=Times Of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Achiever-Maken-moves-up-the-ladder/articleshow/16998648.cms|access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=CAP/2012/10/29/7/Ar00702.xml&CollName=TOI_DELHI_ARCHIVE_2009&DOCID=867086&Keyword=%28%28%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3ECNG%29%3Cand%3E%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EAjay%3Cand%3E%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3EMaken%29&skin=pastissues2&AppName=2&ViewMode=GIF|title=Times Of India}}</ref> Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Sports and Youth Affairs (2011–12),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/photos/news/know-your-ministers-8995#photo-114012|title=Know your ministers|date=19 January 2011|work=NDTV.COM|access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> Union Minister of State for Home Affairs (2009–2011),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4075|title=Parliament Archives}}</ref> Union Minister of State for Urban Development (2006–2007).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4075|title=Archives Government of India}}</ref>

At the State level, he was Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly (2003–04) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/shri%20ajay%20maken.htm|title=Delhi Legislative Assembly}}</ref> at the age of 39, Maken was the youngest Speaker in the Country, a Cabinet Minister of Power, Transport and Tourism (2001-2003) at the age of 37, the youngest till that time and Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit (1998-2001).

Maken was the first NSUI candidate in a direct election to be elected as the President of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) in 1985,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dubeat.com/2017/08/past-dusu-presidents-and-where-are-they-now/|title=Delhi University Beat News|date=31 August 2017}}</ref> the first B.Sc. Chemistry (Hons) final year student in this post.<ref name=hansarians/>

==Lok Sabha==
In the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 general election]], Maken represented the Congress for the New Delhi constituency. He defeated a sitting Cabinet Minister, [[Jagmohan]], from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 May 2004|title=Confidence, killer instinct did the trick|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Confidence-killer-instinct-did-the-trick/articleshow/674134.cms|access-date=24 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

In the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general elections]], he retained the New Delhi Parliamentary constituency. He was appointed as the Minister of State for Home Affairs.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

In 2011, Maken was appointed the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cabsec.nic.in/council_cabinet_independent.php |title=Cabinet Secretariat – Ministers of State (Independent Charge)(as on 18.12.2011) |publisher=Cabsec.nic.in |access-date=11 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302083326/http://cabsec.nic.in/council_cabinet_independent.php |archive-date= 2 March 2012 }}</ref> after the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] scam, replacing M. S. Gill as Sports Minister.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thebridge.in/can-rajyavardhan-rathore-surpass-ajay-maken/|title=Can Rajyavardhan Rathore surpass Ajay Maken as India's best Sports Minister|last=Mather|first=Nazrin|website=thebridge.in|date=2 January 2018}}</ref>

He was appointed as Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (I/C) in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 October 2012|title=Achiever Maken moves up the ladder|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Achiever-Maken-moves-up-the-ladder/articleshow/16998648.cms|access-date=24 October 2020|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

Maken was defeated in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general elections]] by the BJP candidate [[Meenakshi Lekhi]]. He served as the Congress General Secretary until 2015, when he resigned after the party's failure to win any seat in the [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150210/nation-politics/article/delhi-poll-debacle-ajay-maken-takes-responsibility-resigns-congress|title=Delhi poll debacle: Ajay Maken takes responsibility, resigns as Congress General Secretary|date=10 February 2015|website=deccanchronicle.com|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Maken is married and has three children. He received his education in [[St. Xavier's School, Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/ajay-maken.html|title=Ajay Maken Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history|website=www.elections.in|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Ajay Maken}}
* [http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4075 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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