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Hamid Ansari Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Hamid Ansari Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

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Age: 85 Years

Hometown: Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh

Wife: Salma Ansari

Bio
Full Name Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Profession Civil Servant, Diplomat, Politician
Major Designations 1961: Joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and served in Indian missions in Baghdad, Rabat, Jeddah and Brussels.
1976-1979: Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
1980-1985: Chief of Protocol to Govt. of India.
1985-1989: High Commissioner to Australia.
1989-1990: Ambassador to Afghanistan.
1990-1992: Ambassador to Iran.
1993-1995: Permanent Representative to the UN, New York.
1995-1999: Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Dec 1999-May 2000: Visiting Professor, Centre for West Asian and African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
2000-2002: Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
2002-2006: Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.
2003-2005: Visiting Professor, Academy for Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
2004-2006: Co-Chairman, India-U.K. Round Table.
2004-2006: Member, National Security Advisory Board.
2004-2005: Chairman, Advisory Committee for Oil Diplomacy, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
March 2006-July 2007: Chairman, Fifth Statutory National Commission for Minorities.
11 August 2007 to 10th August 2012: Thirteenth Vice President of India and ex officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
11 August 2012: Re-elected as Fourteenth Vice President of India and ex officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha and served till 10 August 2017.
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.) in centimeters- 168 cm
in meters- 1.68 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 6”
Weight (approx.) in Kilograms- 60 kg
in Pounds- 132 lbs
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour White
Personal Life
Date of Birth 1 April 1937
Age (as of 2022) 85 Years
Birthplace Delhi, British India
Zodiac sign Aries
Nationality Indian
Hometown Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh
College St. Stephen's College, Delhi University
Educational Qualifications BA (Hons)
MA (Political Science)
Family Father- Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ansari
Mother- Aasiya Begum
Brother- Not Known
Sister- Not Known
Religion Islam
Hobbies Reading, Writing
Books Published 2005: Iran Today: Twenty Five Years After the Islamic Revolution, (ED)
2008: Traveling Through Conflict: Essays on the Politics of West Asia
2013: Teasing Questions: Exploring Disconnects in Contemporary India
2016: Citizen and Society: Selected Writings
Awards/Honours 1984: Padma Shri
2011: Honorary Doctorate for International Relations, Mevlana University Konya, Turkey
2016: Honorary Doctorate, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
2017: Honorary Doctorate, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
Controversies • In 2006, he courted controversy by criticising comments made by Pope Benedict XVI as anti-Islamic.

• He was criticized for the abrupt adjournment of the House on 30 December 2011, when the Rajya Sabha was witnessing discussion on the Jan Lokpal Bill in the wake of the Anna Hazare movement. Around midnight, Ansari came on his seat and the stroke of midnight, he abruptly adjourned the House even though the debate was underway.

• He had to face criticisms for not attending the First International Yoga Day on 21 June in 2015. Pranab Mukherjee
(the then President of India) held the function at Rashtrapati Bhavan and all ministers took part in it. However, Ansari was the only senior constitutional office-bearer not to take part in Yoga Day. For the past 3 years, Ansari has been skipping it every time.

• He attracted controversy for not saluting the national flag when it was hoisted, and the national anthem was being sung at Rajpath on the Republic Day of 2015. Alongside Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
, then visiting US President Barack Obama
(who was also the Chief Guest at the parade), US First Lady Michelle Obama
and Manohar Parrikar
(the then Defence Minister of India), Ansari was seen standing at attention.



• In July 2022, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia asked Hamid Ansari to clarify whether the claims made by Pakistani journalist Nusrat Mirza that Hamid Ansari, as the Vice-President of India, shared secret information with him were true. A former official of R&AW also claimed that Ansari, during his tenure as the Ambassador to Iran, had compromised a Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) operative. While responding to these accusations, Ansari said that a “litany of falsehood” had been unleashed against him “by the media and by the official spokesperson of the BJP.” check sources
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Sports Golf, Cricket
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Marital Status Married
Wife Salma Ansari
Children Sons- 2
Daughter- Nuriya Ansari

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