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Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
Constituency	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Born	14 February 1936 Hyderabad, India
Political party	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Children	3 Sons And 1 Daughter.
As of October 17, 2006 Source: [1]

Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi is a politician from the city of Hyderabad. He served as the Member of Parliament from Hyderabad for six consecutive terms until stepping down in 2004 in favour of his elder son Asaduddin Owaisi. He is among the very few who have been elected six consecutive terms as Member Of Parliament. Akbaruddin Owaisi the second son of Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi is a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.He represents the Chandrayangutta Assembly constituency. Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi is still the president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen . In 1976, Salahuddin Owaisi took over the presidency of the Majlis after his father's death.

Salahuddin Owaisi, also known as “Salar-e-Millat” (commander of the community), has repeatedly alleged in his speeches that the Indian state has “abandoned” the Muslims to their fate. Therefore, “Muslims should stand on their own feet, rather than look to the State for help'’, he argues. Owaisi is considered to be the strongest person in Hyderabad politics as his power extends till the borders of Andhra Pradesh as Muslims in the State rally behind him and he is considered to be the man who can tilt the Muslim votebank in Andhra pradesh to whichever Party he feels like and Hyderabad has witnessed his Power at times of riots and bandhs in which Majlis looks like to rule the City.Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi is considered to be the most Prominent Muslim Leader in Hyderabad.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Political Debut 3 A.P Legislative Assembly Career 4 Lok Sabha Career 5 Posts Held During Political Career 6 Social and Cultural Activities 7 External links

Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi is eldest son of Abdul Wahed Owaisi, a famous lawyer and an Islamic scholar from Jamia Nizamia who was jailed for nearly 10 months after he took over the Majlis leadership as the then govt wanted to abolish the Majlis party but Owaisi refused to do so and was seen as a person who had financially supported the Party when it was a bankrupt and weak one after the Police Action in Hyderabad State.Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi stepped into politics at a very early age and was active when his father was jailed at a time when there was a lot of fear in the Muslim Community of Andhra Pradesh as recently Police Action had happened in Hyderabad but Salahuddin Owaisi was seen as a person who used to be everywhere at times of violence against the citys Muslims.

He did schooling at Model Primary School & Alia School, Later he graduated from Aligarh Muslim University,Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh).

Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi made his political debut into the Municipal Corporation Of Hyderabad when he was elected from Mallepally Constituency as a corporator in 1960.

From 1962 to 1984 he was Member of the State Assembly from the Charminar constituency he always won by a convincing margin before moving to the national arena. During his time in the State Assembly he was also the Speaker in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for a short period.

In 1984, he contested for the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat for the first time. He bagged 222,000 votes defeating K Prabhakar Reddy, an Independent candidate. In 1989, Owaisi defeated T Krishna Reddy of the Telugu Desam Party by a huge margin. While Owaisi got 403,000 votes, Krishna Reddy got 270,000 votes.

In 1991, Baddam Bal Reddy (BJP) gave Owaisi a scare polling 410000 votes in 1991. Owaisi got 454,000 votes to squeeze past in the election.

Reddy, who expected to be fielded again in 1996, was disappointed when the BJP opted for its general secretary, M Venkaiah Naidu. 'Salar', as Owaisi is popularly known, trounced Naidu, despite the Muslim votes splitting on account of Mohamed Amanullah Khan an MIM rebel. While Owaisi got 321,000 votes, Naidu bagged 247,000 votes. Amanullah Khan threatened to cut Owaisi down to size by contesting against him in the 1996 general election, but was not successful. In 1998 & 1999 general elections Baddam Bal Reddy contested again receiving around 400000 in both the elections while Owaisi got 485785 in 1998 and 448165 in 1999 winning with a majority of 60000.

Since 1984, Owaisi has been the leader of the city's Muslims, though he recently faced a challenge from Amanullah Khan who rebelled against his alleged autocratic functioning and nepotism. Owaisi is considered to be the most Oldest Politician from Telangana Region of Andhra Pradesh. The Majlis Bacho Tahreek which Amanullah Khan formed after he split with the MIM reduced the MIM's strength in the state assembly to just one in the 1994 assembly election.

1984-----Speaker, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

1985-96--Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

1996-97--Member, Committee on Home Affairs

1996-97--Member, Committee on Industry

1996-97--Member, Committee on Finance

1998-99--Member, Committee on Defence and its Sub-Committee-I

1998-99--Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

1999-02--Member, Committee on Defence

2000-----Onward Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

Member Of All India Muslim Personal Law Board

Chairman, All India Babri Masjid Action Committee

Chairman, Darrusalam Educational Trust & Owaisi Hospital

To work for the economic development and educational advancement of the minorities; Owaisi established the first minority Engineering College, Medical College, Degree College and Colleges for MBA, MCA and Nursing, a Co-operative Bank, an Industrial Training Institute, and two Hospitals and Urdu Newspaper Etemaad; evinced keen interest in espousing the cause of promotion and protection of Urdu language, literature and culture.

Preceded by Abdul Wahid Owaisi

President of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 1976 – present

Incumbent

• Lok Sabha Biographical sketch
• The Hindu: Q&A: Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi