Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed

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

Early life Mateen was born to Chaudhary Mehfooz Ali at Todarpur Village, Hapur District, Uttar Pradesh. In 1976, he completed his graduation in arts from Kishan Degree College, Simbhawali, Meerut University.

Political career

Vidhan Sabha elections Mateen was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1993 from Seelampur constituency in Delhi representing Janata Dal, defeating Jai Kishan Dass Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 1,438 votes. In 1996, he left Janata Dal and joined Indian National Congress but was denied a ticket for the 1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. So he ran as an independent candidate and defeated Data Ram of the BJP by 16,375 votes. In 2003 and 2008, he was elected again for the Third and Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi on a Congress ticket, defeating Sanjay Kumar Jain of BJP by 21,712 votes and Sita Ram Gupta, also of BJP by 26,277 votes, respectively.

2013 elections 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.

Delhi Wakf council 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.

Positions held Year Description 1993 Elected to 1st Delhi Assembly Member, Committee on Welfare of SC/ST & OBC (1994-1998) 1998 Elected to 2nd Delhi Assembly (2nd term) Member, Committee on Question & Reference (1999-2002) Member, Committee on Welfare of SC/ST & OBC (2002-2003) Member, Committee on Question & Reference (2004-2009) 2008 Elected to 4th Delhi Assembly (4th term) Chairman, Committee on Estimates (2009-2010) Member, Committee on Question & Reference (2009-2010) Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the table (2009-2010)

Personal life Chaudhary Mateen has been married to Suraiya Begum; they have three sons.