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Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed

Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed
Ex MLA
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Seelampur
In office
1993–2015
Preceded by N/A
Succeeded by Mohammad Ishraque
Personal details
Born (1958-11-05) 5 November 1958 (age 58)
Todarpur Village, Ghaziabad District, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality Indian
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Suraiya Begum
Children Three Sons
Parents Chaudhary Mehfooz Ali
Residence Chauhan Bangar, New Seelampur, Delhi
Profession Businessman

Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed (born 5 November 1958) is an Indian politician from Delhi belonging to the Indian National Congress (INC). He is a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Seelampur Vidhan Sabha constituency. He was reelected in 2013 as an M.L.A from Seelampur constituency, defeating Kaushal Kumar Mishra (BJP) by 21,728 votes.

Mateen was born on 5 November 1958 to Chaudhary Mehfooz Ali at Todarpur Village, Ghaziabad District, Uttar Pradesh. In 1976, he completed his graduation (B.A.) from Kishan Degree College, Simbhawali, Meerut University.

He was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1993 from Seelampur constituency in Delhi under Janata Dal, defeating Jai Kishan DassGupta (BJP) by 1,438 votes. In 1996, he left Janata Dal and joined the Congress party, but during the 1998 Delhi Assembly election, he was denied a ticket by the INC, so he ran as an independent candidate and defeated Data Ram (BJP) by 16,375 votes, thus improving his tally. In 2003 and 2008, he was elected again for the Third and Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi on the Congress ticket, defeating Sanjay Kumar Jain (BJP) by 21,712 votes and Sita Ram Gupta (BJP) by 26,277 votes respectively.

In 2013, he was elected again for the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi, defeating Kaushal Kumar Mishra (BJP) by 21,728 votes. Mateen Ahmed was selected as a pro tem speaker of the Delhi assembly, 2013.

He was elected as a chairman of the Delhi Wakf Board in November, 2004, succeeding Haroon Yusuf. In 2009, he was re-elected again for the chairman of the Delhi Wakf Board.


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