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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Baba ji
| native_name = बाबा सिद्दीकी بابا صدیقی
| image =
| caption =
| residence = [[Mumbai]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| alma_mater = [[Smt. M.M.K College of Commerce & Economics]]
| spouse = Shehzeen Siddique ( Alka Bindra )
| children = Arshia Siddique and [[Zeeshan Siddique]]
| website = http://babasiddique.com/
| date = 10 June
| year = 2013|
| office2 = Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour, and FDA in the [[Government of Maharashtra|Maharashtra Government]]
| term_start2 = 2004
| term_end2 = 2008
| chief_minister = [[Ashok Chavan]]
| constituency_AM2 = [[Vandre West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vandre West]]
| assembly3 = Maharashtra Legislative
| term_start3 = 1997
| term_end3 = 2014
| successor3 = [[Ashish Shelar]]
| office5 = Chairman, MAHADA Mumbai Board
| term_start5 = 2000
| term_end5 = 2004
| office6 = Municipal Councillor in the [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]]
| term_start6 = 1993
| termend6 = 2003
| constituency6 = [[Mumbai]]
| office = [[Mumbai Regional Congress Committee|Senior Vice President of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee]]
| term_start = 15 October 2014
}}

'''Baba Ziauddin Siddique''' is an Indian politician who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the state of [[Maharashtra]] in India for the [[Vandre West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vandre West]] Vidhan Sabha Constituency.<ref>Maharashtra Online [http://www.maharashtraonline.in/About/Administration/MLAs.html "Members of the Legislative Assembly: Maharashtra"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507031658/http://www.maharashtraonline.in/About/Administration/MLAs.html |date=7 May 2013 }}. Retrieved 22 June 2013.</ref> He was the MLA for three consecutive terms in 1999, 2004 and 2009, and had also served as a Municipal Corporator earlier for two consecutive terms (1992–1997). He currently serves as the Senior Vice President of the [[Mumbai Regional Congress Committee]]

==Political career ==
Ziauddin Siddique, also known as Baba Siddique, joined the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), as a teenager, in 1977. He participated in various students' movements of the time as a member of the Mumbai chapter of the [[National Students Union of India]] – the student’s wing of the INC. He went on to become the General Secretary of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress in 1980 and was elected its president within the next two years. In 1988, he became president of the Mumbai Youth Congress. Four years later he was elected a Municipal Councilor in the [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation|Mumbai Municipal Corporation]] and was re-elected to the position five years later. He became an MLA in 1999 from the Bandra West Assembly Constituency. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2009, thus, so far, serving three consecutive terms. Siddique was also appointed Chairman of the [[Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority|MHADA]] Mumbai Board by the [[Government of Maharashtra]] to serve from 2000-2004. He was also appointed Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour, FDA and Consumer Protection for the Government of Maharashtra and served from 2004–2008. In 2011, he funded the creation of an Eco-Garden in Bandra-Khar.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Bandra-Khar-locals-get-a-green-Christmas-present/articleshow/11249770.cms|title=Bandra-Khar locals get a green Christmas present|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 December 2011|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/narayan-rane-may-run-for-council-polls/|title=Narayan Rane may run for council polls|date=6 October 2015}}</ref>

== Offices and Positions Held ==
*Member of the National Students Union of India (Mumbai) in (1977)
*General Secretary of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress in (1980)
*President of the Bandra Taluka of the Bandra Youth Congress in (1982)
*Municipal Councilor in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (1993–98), (1998–2003)
*Member of legislative Assembly (MLA) - (1999–2004), (2004–09) and (2009–14)
*Minister of State for Food & Civil Supplies, Labour and FDA, (2004–08)
*Senior Vice President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (2014)

== Personal life ==
Baba Siddique is married to Shehzeen Siddique ( Alka Bindra - sister of Ranjeet Bindra who was involved in Iqbal Mirchi case ) . They have two children, a daughter Dr. Arshia Siddique and a son [[Zeeshan Siddique]].

== References ==
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[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009]]
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