Shri. Arif Mohammed Khan
The Hon'ble Governor
of Kerala
Shri Arif Mohammed
Khan was born on 18 November 1951 in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. He received
his B.A. (Hons) from Aligarh Muslim University (1972-73) and LLB from Lucknow
University, Uttar Pradesh (1977). Shri Arif Mohammed Khan started his political
career as a student leader and led the Aligarh Muslim University Students'
Union as General Secretary, during 1972-73 and President during 1973-74.
He became a member of
the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 1977 at the age of 26, from the
Siyana constituency, Bulandshahar. Shri Arif Muhammad Khan was elected to the
seventh Lok Sabha from Kanpur in 1980. He was again elected as a Member of
Parliament from the Bahraich constituency during the 8th, 9th and 12th Lok
Sabha. Shri Khan's administrative capabilities were nationally noted during his
ministerial tenures. As Union Cabinet Minister, Shri Arif Mohammed Khan held
the portfolios of Energy and Civil Aviation during 1989-90. Earlier, he had
also served as Deputy Minister, Information and Broadcasting (1982-83) and
Union Minister of State, holding portfolios such as Agriculture (1983-84),
Energy (1984 and 1985-86), Industry and Company Affairs (1984-85) and Home
Affairs (1985).
Shri Khan was a member
of the Kendriya Hindi Samiti during 1980-82. As a Member of Parliament, he
worked on the Parliamentary Committees on Public Undertakings, Home Affairs and
Foreign Affairs. Shri Arif Mohammed Khan is the author of Text and Context:
Quran and Contemporary Challenges, published in 2010. He is also a well known
writer and columnist on various matters including religious reforms. A
voracious reader, his lectures on various topics are very popular among
universities and other audiences across the country. Shri Khan, who has
travelled extensively, had led the Indian delegation to the Non-aligned
Information Ministers Conference in 1982 and to the World Economic Forum, Switzerland
in 1990. He was also member of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the 100th
IPU Conference in Moscow, in 1998.
Shri Arif Muhammad
Khan is married to Smt. Reshma Arif and they have two sons - Shri Mustafa Arif,
who is an advocate and Shri Kabeer Arif, a Pilot by training and currently
pursuing his passion of organic farming in Uttar Pradesh. He assumed office as
the 22nd Governor of Kerala on 6th September 2019.
