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Minister of Industries, Government of Bihar
In office 9 February 2021 – 9 August 2022
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Renu Devi
Succeeded by	Samir Kumar Mahaseth
Member of Bihar Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 January 2021
Preceded by	Sushil Kumar Modi
Minister of Textiles
In office 24 May 2003 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Kashiram Rana
Succeeded by	Shankersinh Vaghela
Minister of Civil Aviation
In office 1 September 2001 – 23 May 2003
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Sharad Yadav
Succeeded by	Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Coal
In office 8 February 2001 – 1 September 2001
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	N. T. Shanmugam
Succeeded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development
In office 30 September 2000 – 8 February 2001
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil
Succeeded by	Rita Verma
Minister of State, Ministry of Food Processing Industries
In office 13 October 1999 – 27 May 2000
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Sompal Shastri
Succeeded by	S. B. P. B. K. Satyanarayana Rao
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2006-2014
Preceded by	Sushil Kumar Modi
Succeeded by	Shailesh Kumar Mandal
Constituency	Bhagalpur, Bihar
In office 1999-2004
Preceded by	Mohammed Taslimuddin
Succeeded by	Mohammed Taslimuddin
Constituency	Kishanganj, Bihar
Personal details
Born	(1968-12-12) 12 December 1968 (age 55) Supaul, Bihar, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Renu Sharma ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	2
Residence	Patna
Occupation	Politician

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain is an Indian politician and a member of the Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is one of the national spokespersons of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Hussain was the Minister of Textiles and the Minister Civil Aviation in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He has been the Minister of Industries of the Government of Bihar from 9 February 2021 to 9 August 2022.

Personal life

Hussain was born on 12 December 1968 to Syed Nasir Hussain and Nasima Khatoon in Supaul, Bihar. He has a Diploma in Engineering (Electronics) from B.S.S.E., Supaul and ITI, Pusa, Delhi. He married Renu Sharma on 12 December 1994, with whom he has two sons.

Political career

Hussain was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 from Kishanganj constituency. He was appointed as a Minister of State in the Third Vajpayee ministry and held various portfolios such as food processing industries, youth affairs and sports and human resource development at different times. He was given independent charge of the Ministry of Coal in 2001 and was elevated to the rank of a Cabinet Minister with Civil Aviation portfolio in September 2001, thereby becoming the youngest Cabinet Minister ever in the Government of India. Later he held the Textiles portfolio as Cabinet Minister from 2003 to 2004. He is often referred to as 'The Original Youth leader'.

Though he lost the 2004 general elections, he re-entered the Lok Sabha in November 2006 in a by-election when he won the vacant seat of Bhagalpur constituency in Bihar. He entered the 15th Lok Sabha again from Bhagalpur in 2009. He contested the Lok Sabha election in 2014 from Bhagalpur again but lost with a small margin. He helped Bhagalpur to be named under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Smart Cities Scheme. Due to his efforts, Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express got a halt at Naughachia Railway station.

On 21 January 2021, Hussain was elected unopposed to Bihar Legislative Council. On 9 February 2021, He was inducted as a cabinet minister in the Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry. He was the Minister of Industries of the Government of Bihar.