Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas (born 1 April 1954) is an Indian Politician who is a current member of the

Haryana Legislative Assembly The Haryana Legislative Assembly or the Haryana Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Haryana state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of L ...

from

Punahana (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Punahana Assembly constituency is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Haryana state in India. It is part of Nuh district. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2019 See also * List of constituenc ...

Nuh district Nuh district (formerly known as Mewat district) is one of the 22 districts in the Indian state of Haryana. There are four sub-divisions in this district: Nuh, Ferozepur Jhirka, Punahana, and Taoru. It has an area of and had a population of 1. ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...

. He was elected as a

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ...

four times and has served as a Cabinet Minister twice in the

Government of Haryana The Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive, ceremonially le ...

Early life

Mohammad Ilyas was born to

Chaudhary Rahim Khan Chaudhary Rahim Khan or Shri Rahim Khan (; 1 February 1923 – 18 December 1987) was an Indian politician, who served as a Member of Parliament (1984 – 1987) representing the Faridabad constituency from the Indian National Congress (INC) in ...

on 1 April 1954. He has three brothers and four sisters. His father was elected a

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...

in the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-pas ...

from Faridabad constituency in 1984 till his death on 18 December 1987. His father was also elected as Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly three times, Firstly in 1967 and secondly 1972 and in last elected in 1982 from

Nuh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Nuh Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Haryana Legislative Assembly of Haryana a north state of India. Nuh is also part of Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 10 Lok Sabha (p ...

. His father served as minister twice in

Political career

He was initially elected from the

and worked as Irrigation And Power minister from

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...

during that time (1991–1996). Then from

Ferozepur Jhirka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Ferozepur Jhirka Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Haryana Legislative Assembly of Haryana a north state of India. Ferozepur Jhirka is also part of Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Legislative Assembly See a ...

and worked as Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development and Waqf Board during that time (2000–2005). He was then elected twice as a

from

(2009–2014) (2019-2024). He also contested an election for parliamentary seat of the

Faridabad (Lok Sabha constituency) Faridabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 10 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Haryana state in northern India. Assembly segments At present, Faridabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) c ...

in 2004 and lost the election to

Avtar Singh Bhadana Avtar Singh Bhadana (born 17 December 1957) is an Indian politician from Faridabad in Haryana. He is a former Minister in Haryana, former MP and former MLA of Uttar Pradesh representing the Meerapur Assembly constituency as a member of Bharati ...

with a margin of 1,51,929 votes.

Personal

He is a member of the

Rahim Khan Clan Rahim (''Raḥīm'' , also anglicized as Raheem) is one of the names of Allah in Islam, meaning "Merciful", from the root ''R-Ḥ-M''. It is also used as a personal male name, short for Abdu r-Raḥīm "Servant of the Merciful". Spellings include ...

, one of the most prominent political families in the

Mewat Mewat is a historical region of Haryana and Rajasthan states in northwestern India. The loose boundaries of Mewat generally include Hathin tehsil and Nuh district of Haryana, Alwar ( Tijara, Kishangarh, Bas, Ramgarh, Laxmangarh, Kathumar t ...

region. His brother, Chaudhary Habib Ur Rehman, was elected a

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from

(2005–2009). His uncle,

Chaudhary Sardar Khan Chaudhary Sardar Khan was an Indian politician who served as the Minister of State for Home Affairs of Haryana. He was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from the Nuh (Vidhan Sabha Constituency) under the Janata Party. He is a member of ...

, was elected

from

and worked as Deputy Home Minister in the

(1977–1982). He is married to Anwari Begum and has 6 children. He did

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...

from

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...

Positions held

Legislative Assembly Terms

Haryana Government

* Minister of Irrigation and Power from 1991 to 1996. * Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development, and Waqf Board from 2000 to 2005

Other Notable Positions

* State Vice-President of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana from 2006 to 2008.

Electoral performance

Legislative Assembly Elections

Lok Sabha Election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilyas, Chaudhary Mohammad Living people Indian politicians Meo people 1954 births Indian National Lok Dal politicians Haryana MLAs 2009–2014 Haryana MLAs 2019–2024 Haryana MLAs 1991–1996 Haryana MLAs 2000–2005