Haroon Yusuf

Haroon Yusuf
Cabinet Minister, Government of Delhi
In office 2008–2013
Lieutenant Governor	Tejendra Khanna Najeeb Jung
Chief Minister	Sheila Dikshit
Ministry and Departments	Food Civil Supplies Industries
In office 2003–2008
Lieutenant Governor	Tejendra Khanna Banwari Lal Joshi
Chief Minister	Sheila Dikshit
Ministry and Departments	Power Transport
In office 2001–2003
Lieutenant Governor	Vijai Kapoor
Chief Minister	Sheila Dikshit
Ministry and Departments	Revenue Development Irrigation Flood Control Food & Civil Supplies
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office 1993–2015
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Imran Hussain, AAP
Constituency	Ballimaran
Personal details
Born	(1958-03-06) 6 March 1958 (age 66) Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Bushra Haroon
Children	3
Residence	Delhi
Alma mater	Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi
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Haroon Yusuf (born 6 March 1958) is an Indian politician from the INC. He served as the Minister of Food & Civil Supplies Department and Industries Department in the Government of Delhi of the Indian National Congress, headed by Mrs. Sheila Dikshit. He also served as the working president of the Delhi Congress.^[1]

Yusuf was born on 6 March 1958 in Delhi to Mohd. Yusuf. He pursued M.Com. from Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi. In 1988, he was elected as the secretary of Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress and took the charge of chairman, Anti-Narcotic Cell, All India Youth Congress Wing and in 1989 he was appointed joint secretary of All India Youth Congress Wing.^[2]

He was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1993 from Ballimaran^[3] and since then had been elected in every assembly elections from the same constituency till 2015.^[4][5][6] In 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, he was elected for the fifth time from Ballimaran constituency.^[7] He is the first elected Chairman of Delhi Waqf Board (1999–2004).^[8]

• In 2001, he became Minister of Development, Revenue, Irrigation & Flood Control and Food & Supplies Department in Delhi government.
• In 2003, he was the Minister of Power & Transport.
• In 2008, he took the position of Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Industries Department.^[9]

In 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, for the first time, he lost the election to Imran Hussain of the Aam Aadmi Party by 43,913 votes.

Then again in 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, for the second time, he lost the same seat to Imran Hussain (Indian politician) of the Aam Aadmi Party by 60,842 votes.