Mohammed Ziauddin Rizvi

Mohammed Ziauddin Rizvi is an Indian politician. He is the Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Sikanderpur Assembly constituency.^[1] He had served as the Minister of Panchayati Raj in Samajwadi Party Government of Uttar Pradesh headed by Akhilesh Yadav.^[2][3] He got elected for the third term in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election succeeding Sanjay Yadav of Bharatiya Janata Party.^[4]

Mohammed Ziauddin Rizvi
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2022
Preceded by	Sanjay Yadav
Constituency	Sikanderpur
In office 2012–2017
Preceded by	Shri Bhagwan
Succeeded by	Sanjay Yadav
Constituency	Sikanderpur
In office 2002–2007
Preceded by	Rajdhari
Succeeded by	Shri Bhagwan
Constituency	Sikanderpur
Minister of Panchayati Raj
In office June 2016 – March 2017
Personal details
Born	(1959-01-01) 1 January 1959 (age 66) Siwankala, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Alma mater	Gorakhpur University

Early life and education

Mohammad Ziauddin Rizvi was born to Mohammad Ainuddin Rizvi and Deeba Rizvi on 1 January 1959 at Siwankala village, Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.

He is a Graduate in Bachelor of Arts from the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University in 1986.

Personal life

Rizvi is married to Ayesha Rizvi and they had three children including Mariyam Rizvi.

Controversies

An audio of Rizvi went viral in which he threatened a youth leader of Samajwadi Party.^[5] Rizvi had supported a candidate other than the candidate announced by his Party.^[6][7]

Rizvi said in an election campaign that when Samajwadi Party will be in Government, the people who had flags of Bharatiya Janata Party in their homes will not be given Lohiya Aawas and pension.^[8]