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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated September 29, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth15 October 1957

Age67 Years

BirthplaceBhadari, District Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

ProfessionPolitician

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseSeema Naqvi

FamilySon - Arshad Naqvi; Parents: Late A.H. Naqvi and Late Sakina Begum; Siblings: Athar Abbas Naqvi, Farhat Naqvi

Net worth₹9.2 crores (as in 2014)

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Biography

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh who has held multiple positions within the Bharatiya Janata Party and the national cabinet.A

Early life and background

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was born on 15 October 1957 in Bhadari in Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. He was raised in Allahabad and pursued higher education at institutions including FRI College in Bareilly, Anglo-Verna College and Yadgar College in Allahabad, and the Asian Institute of Higher Studies in Noida. His academic qualifications include a B.A. (Hons.), a postgraduate degree in mass communication and a postgraduate diploma in media and communication.

Naqvi comes from a Shia Muslim background. His parents are the late A.H. Naqvi and the late Sakina Begum. He has siblings named Athar Abbas Naqvi and Farhat Naqvi. He is married to Seema Naqvi; the couple married on 8 June 1983 and have one son, Arshad Naqvi. His listed hometown is Allahabad and he has an official bungalow address in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh.

Career

Naqvi entered active politics at a young age. He served in leadership roles in youth wings of the Janata Party, including as Allahabad District Vice President and General Secretary of Yuva Janata in 1978–1979, and was elected to the Uttar Pradesh state executive of Yuva Janata. In 1980 he won election from the Allahabad West Legislative Constituency.

He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1986 and went on to hold a series of party and parliamentary positions. He was National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha from 1992 to 1997 and later served as National Secretary of the BJP around 2000. He has also been responsible for central election management and coordination for the party during the 2000s and served as a National Vice-President of the BJP.

In parliamentary politics Naqvi has been elected to both houses of India’s Parliament. He won a Lok Sabha seat from Rampur and was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998. He became a Rajya Sabha member first in 2002 and was re-elected in 2010. During his parliamentary career he has been a member of numerous committees, including committees on finance, defence, external affairs, public undertakings and various select committees and consultative committees for ministries such as communications, information technology, petroleum and natural gas, and civil aviation.

In the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government he was appointed Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting with an additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs in 1998. During the subsequent years he chaired bodies such as the Air Charter Operations for Haj and led the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the functioning of Wakf boards. In November 2014 he entered the Narendra Modi government as Union Minister of State with responsibilities for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs. He resigned as Minister of Minority Affairs on 6 July 2022, the day before the expiry of his Rajya Sabha term.

Public profile

Naqvi has been identified as one of the senior Muslim leaders within the BJP. His parliamentary and party roles have included leadership of youth organizations early in his career and service on a wide range of legislative committees. Outside formal politics he lists writing, social work and farming among his interests.

Personal details recorded in public disclosures note his physical features as black eyes and black hair. Earlier asset disclosures dated to 2014 list movable and immovable assets, bank deposits and agricultural land values as well as a monthly salary figure for a Member of Parliament, and also give an approximate net worth as of 2014.

Latest updates

As of July 2022 Naqvi stepped down from his ministerial role in Minority Affairs a day before the end of his Rajya Sabha term. Throughout his career he has continued to occupy party leadership positions and participate in parliamentary committees and delegations, including international delegations such as a parliamentary visit to the United Arab Emirates in 1999.

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Recent Work

Union Minister of Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs

Appointed as Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs in November 2014; resigned as Minority Affairs minister on 6 July 2022.

2014-2022
Rajya Sabha Member

Served as a Rajya Sabha member with terms beginning in 2002 and re-elected in July 2010; term expired in July 2022.

2002, 2010-2022
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Career Highlights

  1. Early leadership in the Janata Party’s youth wing and elected to the Uttar Pradesh Yuva Janata executive
  2. Joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1986 and held national leadership roles including National Vice President of the BJP youth wing
  3. Elected to Lok Sabha (Rampur) and to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998
  4. Appointed Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs in 1998
  5. Served multiple terms in the Rajya Sabha and sat on committees covering finance, defence, external affairs and other portfolios
  6. Inducted into the Narendra Modi government as Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs in November 2014
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Net Worth

₹9.2 crores (as in 2014)

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

Reviewed by F4U Editorial Desk

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