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| Office | Cabinet Minister, Government of Jharkhand |
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| Office | Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
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| Office | Leader of Congress Legislative Party(CLP) in Jharkhand Assembly
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| Term start | 29 December 2019
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| Predecessor | Nilkant Singh Munda
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| Predecessor | Aquil Akhtar
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| Constituency | Pakaur
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| Born | Pakur, Jharkhand
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Indian National Congress
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Alamgir Alam is an Indian politician. He is a four-term MLA for Pakaur constituency in the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha as a member of the Indian National Congress. Alam has been elected to the Jharkhand assembly in the 2000, 2004, 2014 and 2019 elections while he lost in the 2009 elections.[1] Alam served as the Speaker of the Jharkhand assembly between October 20, 2006 and December 12, 2009.[2][3]
In the 2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, Alam retained his seat, defeating Akil Akhtar, who had previously held the seat following the 2009 elections.[4] Following the elections in which Congress emerged victorious alongside its coalition partners JMM and RJD, Alam was elected the leader of the Congress Legislature Party.[5] On December 29, 2019, Alam was among the initial four members sworn into the state Cabinet along with Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Rameshwar Oraon and Satyanand Bhokta.[6]
References
- ↑ Two ex-Speakers of J'khand Assembly win, present Speaker loses(December 23, 2019).
- ↑ Speaker chosen, without election – Legislators' unanimous decision on Alamgir Alam Q Induction of twelfth minister after Nov. 3(October 20, 2016).
- ↑ विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष. Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
- ↑ Election Result 2019 LIVE Candidate, Constituency and Party-Wise Winner List(December 23, 2019).
- ↑ Alamgir Alam elected Jharkhand CLP leader(December 23, 2019).
- ↑ THE MINISTERS OF STATE CABINET(December 30, 2019).