Haider Aziz Safwi
| Haider Aziz Safwi | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Cooperation and inland water transport | |
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In office 20 May 2011 – 14 March 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Rabindranath Ghosh |
| Succeeded by | Shankar Chakrabarthy |
| Minister for correctional administration | |
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In office 14 March 2013 – 26 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Shankar Chakrabarthy |
| MLA | |
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Assumed office 13 May 2011 | |
| Constituency | Uluberia Purba |
| Deputy Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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Assumed office 23 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Sonali Guha (Bose) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 February 1945 |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Spouse(s) | F Safwi |
| Children | 2 sons(Ahmad Aziz, Safwi(deceased), Hamed aziz safwi),1 daughter |
| Residence | Kolkata |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University(A.M.U) |
| Religion | Islam |
Haider Aziz Safwi is an Indian politician and the present Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was also a minister in the TMC government's first term in office and held posts like minister for cooperation and inland water transport and minister for correctional administration. he served as director general of police(fire and emergency services),government of West Bengal.he retired in 2005 [1] He is also an MLA, elected from the Uluberia Purba constituency in the West Bengal state assembly election, 2011. As an I.P.S officer, Safwi was respected for his honesty,integrity and fairness. He held important positions like d.g.fire and emergency services,d.g enforcement branch,sp 24parganas(undivided),deputy commissioner detective department(kolkata police) among others. He is a recipient of the presidents police medal for distinguished service and the police medal for meritorious service. Safwi was inspired by Mamata Banerjee's honesty and the service she had rendered to the people,specially the farmers in singur. This was what prompted him to join the party in 2009 post his retirement from the I.P.S. He contested the 2011 assembly elections on a tmc ticket from uluberia purba and won that seat by a margin of over 19000 votes following which he was inducted as a cabinet minister in the Mamata Banerjee government on 20 May 2011.
References
- ↑ "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
