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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Akhlaq Ur Rehman Kidwai
| image =
| order = 13th
| office = Governor of Haryana
| term_start = 7 July 2004
| term_end = 27 July 2009
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Haryana|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Om Prakash Chautala]] [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]]
| predecessor = [[O.P. Verma]]
| successor = [[Jagannath Pahadia]]
| office2 = [[Governor of Rajasthan]] {{small|(Additional Charge)}}
| term_start2 = 21 June 2007
| term_end2 = 6 September 2007
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Vasundhara Raje]]
| predecessor2 = [[Pratibha Patil]]
| successor2 = [[Shilendra Kumar Singh]]
| order3 = 19th
| office3 = Governor of West Bengal
| term_start3 = 27 April 1998
| term_end3 = 18 May 1999
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Jyoti Basu]]
| predecessor3 = [[K. V. Raghunatha Reddy]]
| successor3 = [[Shyamal Kumar Sen]]
| order4 = 10th
| office4 = Governor of Bihar
| term_start4 = 14 August 1993
| term_end4 = 26 April 1998
| 1blankname4 = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata4 = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] [[Rabri Devi]]
| predecessor4 = [[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]
| successor4 = [[Sunder Singh Bhandari]]
| term_start5 = 20 September 1979
| term_end5 = 15 March 1985
| 1blankname5 = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata5 = [[Ram Sunder Das]] [[Jagannath Mishra]] [[Chandrashekhar Singh]] [[Bindeshwari Dubey]]
| predecessor5 = [[Jagannath Kaushal]]
| successor5 = [[Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|7|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place =[[Baragaon, Barabanki|Baragaon]], [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|8|24|1921|7|1|df=yes}}
| death_place =[[New Delhi]], India
| education = [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] [[University of Illinois]] [[Cornell University]]
| spouse = Jamila Kidwai (deceased)
| children = 6
| blank1 = Religion
| data1 = [[Sunni Islam]]
| website =
}}

'''Akhlaq Ur Rehman Kidwai''' (1 July 1921 – 24 August 2016) was an Indian [[chemist]] and politician. He served as governor of the states of [[Bihar]], [[West Bengal]] and [[Haryana]]. He was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]], from 1999 to 2004. He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second highest civilian award.

==Early life and education==
He was born in 1921 in [[Baragaon, Barabanki|Baragaon]] village of [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]] district in [[Uttar Pradesh]] to father, late Ashfaqur Rehman Kidwai and mother, late Nasim-un-nisa.<ref name=Bio-HR>[http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States/haryana/gov.htm Biographical information on Kidwai] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202359/http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States/haryana/gov.htm |date=3 March 2016 }}, legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in</ref><ref name=Bio-BR>[http://governor.bih.nic.in/Governors/ARKidwai.htm Biographical information on Kidwai] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163442/http://governor.bih.nic.in/Governors/ARKidwai.htm |date=21 July 2011 }}, governor.bih.nic.in</ref> He was married to the late Jamila Kidwai, and had six children, two sons and four daughters.

He studied BA at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] University, 1940, M.Sc. at [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]], US, 1948 and PhD at [[Cornell University]], US, 1950.<ref name=Bio-BR />

==Political and public career==
Dr. Kidwai started his professional career as the Professor and head of Department of Chemistry and Dean of Faculty of Science at Aligarh Muslim University, India. Kidwai then went on to become the Chairman of Union Public Service Commission-UPSC, [[Government of India]] from 1974 to 1977. He was [[Governor of Bihar]] twice, from 1979 to 1985 and 1993 to 1998 and Governor of [[West Bengal]] from 1998 to 1999.<ref name=Bio-HR /><ref name=Bio-BR />

In addition, he was Chancellor of [[Aligarh Muslim University]], [[Aligarh]], from 1983 to 1991<ref name=Bio-BR /> and has also been the director of the [[Jammu & Kashmir Bank]].<ref name="news.oneindia.in">[http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/25/ar-kidwai-chosen-for-padmavibhushan-aid0126.html A R Kidwai chosen for Padma Vibhushan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008170114/http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/25/ar-kidwai-chosen-for-padmavibhushan-aid0126.html |date=8 October 2012 }}, Oneindia news, Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 22:01 [IST]</ref>

Kidwai was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from January 1999 to July 2004. He was the Governor of Haryana from 7 July 2004 to 27 July 2009.<ref name=Bio-HR/> After [[Pratibha Patil]]'s resignation as [[Governor of Rajasthan]] in June 2007, he was asked to take over that position as well,<ref>[http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=378479&sid=REG "Pratibha Patil`s resignation accepted"], zeenews.com, 22 June 2007.</ref> serving as Governor of the state until [[Shilendra Kumar Singh|S. K. Singh]] took office on 6 September 2007.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200709061551.htm "S.K. Singh takes oath as Governor of Rajasthan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215755/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200709061551.htm |date=27 September 2007 }}, PTI (''The Hindu''), September 6, 2007.</ref>

In addition to his political career, he has been a champion for promoting research and development and elevating the status of women by education and self-reliance. He served as the chairman of the Institute of Marketing and Management, New Delhi and President of Vocational Education Society for Women.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

Dr. Kidwai served as a member of the following national committees, organizations and institutions:<ref name=Bio-HR/>

*National Committee on Science and Technology, 1968–75.
*Perspective Science and Technology Plan Committee of the Department of Science and Technology and the Planning Commission.
*Council and the Governing Body of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) 1970–73.
*Board of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Governing Bodies of Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow and Central Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad.
*Regional Imbalances Enquiry Commission, Jammu and Kashmir State, 1979.
*State Planning Board and Heavy Industries Plan Committees, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
*University Grants Commission (UGC) and Chairman of the Central Universities Review Committee, 1985–86.
*Central Advisory Board of Education.
*Central Council of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
*Committee on New Education Policy, 1986 and Chairman of its Sub-Committee on Non-Formal Methods of Education.
*Member and Patron Delhi Public School Society (1968-continued).
*Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India.
*Chairman, Review Committee on Unani Medicine, Ministry of Health, Government of India.
*Chairman, Selection Board of Scientists Pool (1968–79).
*Chairman of the Board of Assessment of Educational and Technical Qualification for Employment, Ministry of Education, Government of India (1967–79).
*The American, British and Indian Chemical Societies.
*American Association for the Advancement of Science.

==Awards and honors==
On January 25, 2011, Kidwai was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second highest civilian award.<ref name="news.oneindia.in"/> The award was for his contribution towards ''Public Affairs''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108184957/http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/26/stories/2011012658351400.htm List of Padma Awardees], Online edition of The Hindu Newspaper, Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011</ref>

==Death==
He died on August 24, 2016 in [[New Delhi]] after prolonged illness at the old age of 95.<ref>[http://theindianawaaz.com/pm-sonia-cms-condole-a-r-kidwais-death/ "PM, Sonia, CMs condole A.R. Kidwai’s death | The Indian Awaaz"]. ''theindianawaaz.com''. Retrieved on 25 August 2016.</ref>

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