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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Haroon Yusuf
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|03|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]]
| residence = [[Delhi]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = [[Third Sheila Dikshit cabinet|Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Industries]]<br />[[Government of Delhi]]
| term_start1 = 2008
| term_end1 = 2013
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Sheila Dikshit]]
| office2 = [[Second Sheila Dikshit cabinet|Minister of Power and Transport]]<br />[[Government of Delhi]]
| term_start2 = 2003
| term_end2 = 2008
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Sheila Dikshit]]
| office3 = [[First Sheila Dikshit cabinet|Minister of Revenue, Development, Irrigation, Flood Control and Food & Civil Supplies]]<br />[[Government of Delhi]]
| term_start3 = 2001
| term_end3 = 2003
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Sheila Dikshit]]
| office4 = [[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start4 = 1993
| term_end4 = 2015
| predecessor4 =
| constituency4 = [[Ballimaran (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Ballimaran]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| successor4 = [[Imran Hussain (Indian politician)|Imran Hussain]], [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
| spouse = Bushra Haroon
| children = 3
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = |
| year = |
| source = http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/haroon.htm
| alma_mater = [[Zakir Husain Delhi College]], [[University of Delhi]]
}}

'''Haroon Yusuf''' (born 6 March 1958) is an Indian politician from the [[Indian National Congress|INC]].

He served as the Minister of [[Food & Civil Supplies Department]] and Industries Department in the [[Government of Delhi]] of the [[Indian National Congress]], headed by Mrs. [[Sheila Dikshit]]. Currently, he is the working president of the [[Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee|Delhi Congress]].<ref>[http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/listmembers.htm Members of the Fourth Assembly of Delhi]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Haroon Yusuf was born on 6 March 1958 in Delhi to Mohd. Yusuf. He pursued his masters (M.Com.) from [[Zakir Husain Delhi College]], [[University of Delhi]]. In 1988, he was elected as the Secretary of Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress and took the charge of Chairman, Anti-Narcotic Cell, All India Youth Congress Wing and in 1989 he was appointed as Joint Secretary of All India Youth Congress Wing.<ref>[http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/haroon.htm Delhi Assembly 2008 : Profile Haroon Yousuf]</ref>

==Political career==
He was elected to the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]] for the first time in 1993 from [[Ballimaran (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Ballimaran]]<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/StatRep_DL_93.pdf 1993 Election Commission of India]</ref> and since then had been elected in every assembly elections from the same constituency till 2015.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-DEL98.pdf 1998 Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_DEL_Nov2003.pdf 2003 Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2008/stats_DL_2008.pdf 2008 Election Commission of India]</ref> In [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]], he was elected for the fifth time from [[Ballimaran (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Ballimaran constituency.]]<ref>[http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/statewiseU05.htm?st=U05 2013 Election Commission of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228020252/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/statewiseU05.htm?st=U05 |date=28 December 2013 }}</ref>
He is the first elected Chairman of [[Delhi Waqf Board]] (1999-2004).<ref>[http://www.delhiwakfboard.org/chairman_view.php Delhi Wakf Board : Chairman Details]</ref>

*[[First Sheila Dikshit cabinet|In 2001, he became Minister of Development, Revenue, Irrigation & Flood Control and Food & Supplies Department in Delhi government]].
*[[Second Sheila Dikshit cabinet|In 2003, he was the Minister of Power & Transport]].
*[[Third Sheila Dikshit cabinet|In 2008, he took the position of Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Industries Department]].<ref>[http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/listmembers.htm Members of the Fourth Assembly of Delhi]</ref>

In [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]], for the first time, he lost the election to [[Imran Hussain (Indian politician)|Imran Hussain]] of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]].

== Position held ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Description
|-
| 1993
| Elected to [[First Legislative Assembly of Delhi|1st Delhi Assembly]]
* Member, Committee on Library (1994-1996)<ref>http://delhiassembly.nic.in/LC.htm</ref>
* Member, Committee on Question & Reference (1996-1999)<ref>http://delhiassembly.nic.in/QARC.htm</ref>
|-
| 1998
| Elected to [[Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi|2nd Delhi Assembly]] (2nd term)
* '''Chairman''', Public Accounts Committee (1999-2002)<ref>http://delhiassembly.nic.in/PAC.htm</ref>
* Member, Committee on Assembly Rules (1999-2002)<ref>http://delhiassembly.nic.in/RC.htm</ref>
* Member, Committee on Library (1999-2002)<ref>http://delhiassembly.nic.in/LC.htm</ref>
|-
| 2003
| Elected to [[Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi|3rd Delhi Assembly]] (3rd term)
* '''Cabinet Minister''', Power and Transport (2003-2008)
|-
| 2008
| Elected to [[Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi|4th Delhi Assembly]] (4th term)
* '''Cabinet Minister''', Food & Civil Supplies and Industries (2008-2013)
|-
| 2013
| Elected to [[Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi|5th Delhi Assembly]] (5th term)
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Delhi]]
[[Category:All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Delhi]]
[[Category:People from Delhi]]
[[Category:University of Delhi alumni]]
[[Category:Delhi MLAs 2013–2015]]
[[Category:Delhi MLAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Delhi MLAs 1998–2003]]
[[Category:Delhi MLAs 2003–2008]]

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