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Asaduddin Owaisi is the member of India's Lok Sabha for Hyderabad and president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. He entered the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly in 1994 and first won the Hyderabad parliamentary seat in 2004. He has led AIMIM since 2008, succeeding his father, Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi.
Owaisi trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn and practised as an advocate. His national profile combines parliamentary work with leadership of a party rooted in Hyderabad and focused on Muslim political representation. As an opposition MP, he can question ministers, raise constituency concerns and shape public debate, but he does not speak for the Indian government. That distinction matters when his statements address Foreign Policy, war or the treatment of Indian citizens abroad.
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