Tayyab Husain

Tayyab Husain
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
6 January 1980  28 December 1984
Preceded byDharam Vir Vasisht
Succeeded byChaudhary Rahim Khan
ConstituencyFaridabad, Haryana
In office
10 March 1971  20 March 1977
Preceded byAbdul Ghani Dar
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyGurgaon, Haryana
State Government Ministries and Portfolios
Minister of Agriculture,
Government of Rajasthan
In office
25 November 1998  8 December 2003
Additional Ministries and Departments
  • Groundwater
  • Rural Development
  • Medical and Health
Home Minister,
Government of Haryana
In office
1988–1991
Additional Ministries and Departments
  • Waqf
  • Fisheries
  • Development & Panchayat
  • Agriculture
  • Revenue
  • Finance
  • Planning
  • Institutional Finance & Credit Control
Minister of State for Health,
Government of Punjab
In office
8 February 1962  21 June 1964
Additional Department
  • Public Works
Personal details
Born(1936-04-05)5 April 1936
Village Rehna, Punjab Province, British India
(present-day Nuh, Haryana, India)
Died(2008-10-07)7 October 2008
Gurgaon, Haryana
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (I), Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), Lokdal
ChildrenZakir Hussain
Zahida Khan
Fazal Hussain
ParentYasin Khan
Alma materAligarh Muslim University
ProfessionPolitician, advocate

Chaudhary Tayyab Husain (7 September 1936 – 7 October 2008) was an Indian politician, who served as a Member of Parliament from Gurgaon and Faridabad in the Lok Sabha. He also served as the Minister of Agriculture of Rajasthan, Home Minister of Haryana and Minister of State for Health of Punjab.

He holds the rare distinction of being elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly to three different Indian states and serving as a minister in the cabinet of all three. He was elected a Member of the Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan Legislative Assemblies six times on different occasions with a political career spanning over 40 years.

Husain was a prominent leader among the Meo Muslim community.