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Ajay Maken Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated September 4, 2026 • 6 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth12 January 1964

Age61 Years

BirthplaceDelhi, India

ProfessionPolitician

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseRadhika Menon

FamilySon: Aujaswi Maken; Daughters: Aarushi Maken, Ahana Maken

Net worthRs. 3 Crores for the financial year 2013-14

Ajay Maken Biography

Ajay Maken is an Indian National Congress politician from New Delhi with a long career in student politics, Delhi state government and at the nationallevel

Early life and background

Ajay Maken was born on 12 January 1964 in Delhi and grew up in New Delhi. He attended St. Xavier’s School in Delhi and went on to study at Delhi University, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts. Later he earned a master’s degree in Public Administration from Himachal Pradesh University in 2000. Maken comes from a family with a political and freedom-fighter legacy; both his maternal and paternal grandfathers were involved in India’s independence movement.

Career

Maken’s public life began in campus politics. In 1985 he served as president of the Delhi University Students’ Union, an early leadership role that launched his longer political career. He entered electoral politics in the early 1990s and was first elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly in 1993 from the Rajouri Garden constituency. He retained that seat in subsequent state elections in 1998 and 2003.

Within the Delhi government, Maken held several important positions. He was parliamentary secretary to the chief minister from 1999 to 2001 and then served as Delhi’s cabinet minister for transport and power. In 2004 he was elected Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly.

Also in 2004, Maken moved to national politics when he won the Lok Sabha seat from New Delhi. During that parliamentary term he served on multiple committees and worked in party responsibilities, including as a secretary of the All India Congress Committee. He was appointed Union Minister of State for Urban Development in 2006. The next year he held independent charge as Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and became a permanent member of the All India Congress Committee.

Maken’s ministerial assignments continued through the next decade. In 2009 he was named Minister of State for Home Affairs and in 2011 he served as Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs. In 2012 he joined the Union Cabinet as Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government; at the time he was noted as one of the younger cabinet ministers from his party. He contested the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat again in 2014 but was defeated.

After the 2014 election, Maken continued to hold party responsibilities. He served as Congress general secretary from 2014 to 2015. He resigned from the Congress Working Committee and certain AICC responsibilities in November 2022, citing difficulties in resolving a state leadership dispute; in August 2023 he was included when Mallikarjun Kharge announced a new CWC and was appointed treasurer of the All India Congress Committee.

Public profile

Maken is a long-standing member of the Indian National Congress and has been active at both state and national levels. He has held legislative, ministerial and party offices across three decades, including roles in urban development, sports and home affairs. His public image is shaped by early student leadership, successive electoral victories in Delhi’s assembly elections, and multiple ministerial portfolios at the Centre.

Personal life

Ajay Maken is married to Radhika Menon; the couple wed on 21 January 1991. They have three children: a son, Aujaswi Maken, and two daughters, Aarushi Maken and Ahana Maken. Aarushi is listed as a director of Fortune IT Park Private Limited; Ahana works as an investment banker. Maken’s parents are C. P. Maken and Santosh Maken. He has three sisters: Nidhi, Nupur and Avantika.

Outside politics, Maken enjoys sports such as cricket and golf. He is a director, along with family members, of Fortune IT Park Private Limited. His declared assets and liabilities for the 2013–14 financial year include movable and immovable properties and investments; publicly available disclosures from that period indicate an estimated net worth of around Rs. 3 crore for 2013–14.

Latest updates

In late 2022 Ajay Maken stepped down from some high-level party roles linked to the Rajasthan unit; by August 2023 he had returned to the Congress Working Committee and was named treasurer of the All India Congress Committee by party president Mallikarjun Kharge.
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Recent Work

Treasurer, All India Congress Committee

Appointed treasurer of the AICC by party president Mallikarjun Kharge

2023
Member, Congress Working Committee

Returned to the CWC when Mallikarjun Kharge announced a new committee

2023
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Career Highlights

  1. President of Delhi University Students’ Union (1985)
  2. Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly from Rajouri Garden (1993, 1998, 2003)
  3. Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly (2004)
  4. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from New Delhi (2004)
  5. Union Cabinet Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (2012)
  6. Congress General Secretary (2014–2015)
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Net Worth

Rs. 3 Crores for the financial year 2013-14

Figures are editorial estimates based on publicly available reporting and may change as new information emerges.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Ajay Maken born?

12 January 1964

What is Ajay Maken known for?

Politician

What is Ajay Maken’s marital status?

Married

Who is Ajay Maken married to?

Radhika Menon

What is Ajay Maken’s net worth?

Rs. 3 Crores for the financial year 2013-14