Abdul Shafee

Abdul Shafee
	File:MP Abdul Shafee With PM Indira Gandhi.jpg ; MP Abdul Shafee with PM Indira Gandhi
Office	Member of Parliament, 5th Lok Sabha ; ; ; ;
Term start	Mar 1971
Term end	May 1977
Predecessor	K. M. Koushik
Successor	Raje Vishveshvar Rao ; ;
Constituency	Chandrapur ;
Born	1925-11-23 (age 101)
Born	Bhandara, (Maharashtra) ; ;
Nationality	Indian ;
Political party	Indian National Congress ; ; ; ; ;

Abdul Shafee (23 November 1925 – 26 April 2004Template:Citation needed) also known as "Shafee MP" was an Senior Awarded Indian Politician of Indian National Congress and Member of Parliament of Loksabha . Shafee was an MP Member of the 5th Lok Sabha and represented the Chandrapur (formally known as Chanda until 5th Lok Sabha) constituency of Maharashtra. He was also a MLC Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha , First Zilla Parishad President of Chandrapur, First Sarpanch of Rajoli, Famous Social Activist & Head of BSS (Bharat Sevak Samaj) Before Entering into National Politics.^[1]^[2]

Early life and education

Abdul Shafee was born in Bhandara, in the state of Maharashtra. Shafee was an agriculturist and businessman before joining politics.^[2]^[1]

Abdul Shafee has been in active politics since 1950s and joined Congress party. He was an MP for only one term. Shafee succeeded K. M. Koushik of Swatantra Party. After the 5th Lok Sabha, Chanda constituency ceased to exist and new constituency Chandrapur came into existence. Shafi's successor hence was Raje Vishveshvar Rao who belonged to Chandrapur constituency and was a member of the Janata Party.^[2]^[1]^[3] Prior to entering the Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Gram Panchayat and Zila Parishad in various capacities.^[1]

#	From	To	Position
01	1971	1977	Member, 5th Lok Sabha
02	1980	1985	Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

File:MP Abdul Shafee With PM Indira Gandhi.jpg MP Abdul Shafee with PM Indira Gandhi
Office	Member of Parliament, 5th Lok Sabha
Term start	Mar 1971
Term end	May 1977
Predecessor	K. M. Koushik
Successor	Raje Vishveshvar Rao
Constituency	Chandrapur
Born	1925-11-23 (age 101)
Born	Bhandara, (Maharashtra)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress