{{Short description|Indian politician (1943-2021)}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = MP | name = Mukhtar Anis | image = Mukhtar Anis.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Members of the 11th Lok Sabha | term_start = 1996 | term_end = 1998 | constituency = Sitapur | office2 = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | term_start2 = 1977 | term_end2 = 1996 | party = Samajwadi Party | other_party = Samyukta Socialist Party | birth_date = {{Birth date |1943|06|08|df=y}} | birth_place = Tambaur, United Provinces, British India | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|03|30|1943|06|08|df=y}} | death_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India | spouse = Aziz Zahra | children = | education = | alma_mater = }}
'''Mukhtar Anis''' (8 June 1943 {{endash}} 30 March 2021), also spelled '''Mukhtar Anees''', was a former Indian politician and a member of parliament who was elected to 11th Lok Sabha, representing Sitapur parliamentary constituency from 1996 to '98. Prior to participating in general elections, he was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1977–96). He was affiliated with Samajwadi Party.
== Biography == He was born to Syed Mohd, Anis Rizvi on 8 June 1943 in Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="Rastogi 2021">{{cite web | last=Rastogi | first=Divyansh | title=सीतापुर के सपा नेता व पूर्व मंत्री मुख्तार अनीस का निधन, कहे जाते थे गांजर के गांधी | website=Dainik Jagran | date=2021-03-31 | url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-sitapur-sp-leader-and-former-minister-mukhtar-anees-passed-away-21512735.html | language=hi | access-date=2021-08-14}}</ref>
He started his political career with Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, youth wing of Samajwadi Party and was initially nominated as state secretary in 1969. He was later jailed for fourteen months for participating in political movements organised by Samyukta Socialist Party during 1975–77 emergency. He held various positions within the party after he appeared in political or social movements organised by Jayaprakash Narayan.<ref name="Parliament of India, Lok Sabha 1943">{{cite web | title=Biographical Sketch of Member of XI Lok Sabha | website=Parliament of India, Lok Sabha | date=1943-06-08 | url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3647.htm | access-date=2021-08-14}}</ref>
After releasing from jail, he was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, and served as deputy minister for Animal Husbandry (1977–78). He was later appointed state minister for Home Guard & Civil Defence (1978–80). He also served as minister for Health & Family Planning and Health Education in 1989. He was last elected to 11th Lok Sabha in 1996.<ref name="Parliament of India, Lok Sabha 1943"/> He had disassociated himself from politics a few years before he died.
== Death == He was reportedly suffering from neurological disorder. He was admitted to a hospital in Lucknow after his health deteriorated. He died in hospital on 30 March 2021.<ref name="Rastogi 2021"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anis, Mukhtar}} Category:1943 births Category:2021 deaths Category:India MPs 1996–1997 Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980 Category:People from Sitapur Category:Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Category:Indian people imprisoned during the Emergency (India) Category:Samyukta Socialist Party politicians