Syed Aminul Hasan Jafri is an Indian journalist and served as a

Member of Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the British ( ...

from

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (; AIMIM) is a right-wing Indian political party based primarily in the old city of Hyderabad, It is also a significant political party in the Indian States of Telangana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, ...

. He was elected to Telangana Legislative Council from Hyderabad Local Authorities in 2011 and again elected in 2017 and served till 1 May 2023. Jafri had worked with various news agencies, including

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and

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Career

Journalism

Jafri did his master's degree of journalism from

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. He has worked with English newspaper ''Newstime'', ''

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'' and with Telugu newspaper ''

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''. Jafri also has been reporter of international news agencies which include ''

'', '' AFP'', ''

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'', besides being a correspondent at ''

'' for ten years. In May 2010, Jafri was felicitated at

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Union of Working Journalists, Hyderabad Union of Journalists.

Politics

After being nominated for the

party in 2010, Jafri said that it was a "pleasant surprise". He also said that he, being a journalist, would try to represent the disadvantaged sections of the society. After getting elected, he said that the AIMIM party had "honored the media fraternity of the state". In February 2017, it was announced that Jafri would be retiring from his position on 1 May. In March of that year, he was re-elected unopposed to the Legislative Council for the third time. He did not face any opposition, due to an alliance of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and Telangana Rashtra Samiti. He was also the only person from his party to be elected. Mr. Syed Aminul Hasan Jafri also received a certificate from the returning officer Aditya Kumar Singh.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jafri, Syed Amimul Hasan 1955 births Living people 21st-century Indian politicians All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen politicians Members of the Telangana Legislative Council Politicians from Hyderabad, India