Rakibul Hussain

Rakibul Hussain (born 7 August 1964) is an Indian politician. He is serving as a member of parliament (Lok Sabha) from Dhubri. He was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2021 to 2024. He was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Samaguri.^[1]

Rakibul Hussain
Official Portrait, 2014
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Badruddin Ajmal
Constituency	Dhubri
Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 20 September 2001 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Atul Kumar Sharma
Succeeded by	Diplu Ranjan Sarmah
Constituency	Samaguri
Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
In office 21 May 2006 – 24 May 2016
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Ministry and Departments	Forest Environment Panchayat & Rural Development Tourism Information Public Relation, Printing & Stationery
Preceded by	Chandan Brahma
Succeeded by	Naba Kumar Doley
Minister of State, Government of Assam
In office 7 June 2002 – 21 May 2006
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Ministry and Departments	Home Passport HAJ, BAD Information & Technology Printing & Stationery Jail & Home Guards Border Area Development
Preceded by	Abdul Jabbar
Succeeded by	Rihon Daimary
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 20 May 2021 – 4 June 2024
Personal details
Born	(1964-08-07) 7 August 1964 (age 60) Nagaon, Assam, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence(s)	Bimala Bora Road, Nagaon, Assam, India
Alma mater	Nowgong College (BA) Aligarh Muslim University (MA)
Profession	Politician Social Worker

Early life and education

Hussain was born to Late Alhaz Nurul Hussain on 7 August 1964.

He has done his MA in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University.^[2]

Career

He represents the Samaguri constituency in the Assam Legislative Assembly for the Indian National Congress party since 2001.

He served as Minister of State for Home (Jail and Home Guards), Border Area Development and Passport, in the first Tarun Gogoi government from 2002 to 2006.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

He served as Minister of State, Home, Political, Passport, Haj, Border Areas Development, Information Technology, Printing and Stationery, Government of Assam in the Tarun Gogoi government from 2004 to 2006.

He served as Minister of Forest and Environment and Panchayat and Rural Development, Government of Assam in the Tarun Gogoi ministry III from 2011 to 2016. He was Minister of Environment and Forest, Tourism, Information and Public Relations, Printing and Stationery in the Tarun Gogoi government from 2006 to 2011.

Hussain was general secretary of Assam Olympic Association. In 2015, he became president of All India Carrom Federation.^[9]

In the 2024 India Lok Sabha elections, he won by one of the biggest margin of 1,012,476 votes.^[10][11]