Ali Zaidi

Ali Zaidi (born on 20 April 1986) is an Indian Politician, Social Activist, the current Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board and Member of State Haj Committee, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Early Life and Education
Ali Zaidi was born on 20th April 1986 in Lucknow the City of Nawabs, Ali belongs to a very famous and established landowning family of Barabanki near Lucknow, he is the son-in-law of Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad's cousin, his Younger brother is an Architect and his younger sister is married, Ali Completed Primary to Higher secondary education from City Montessori School, Lucknow, Graduation from Lucknow Christian Degree College and MBA from International Institute of Information Technology, Pune in 2009, after completing his studies he Started real Estate Business, he also Known as a politician and the Social Activist.

Political Career
On 15 November 2021, Ali was unanimously elected as the new chairman of Shia Central Waqf Board, Uttar Pradesh. Ali is the youngest person in the waqf board. Ali In a press conference after taking over as the chairman of the board, Alleging that there were several scams in the Waqf Board when Wasim alias Jitendra Tyagi was the chairman, Ali said "my priority would be to clean the board of all corruption, as is CM Yogi's roadmap, The Shia Waqf properties encroached upon by the land mafia and waqf mafia will be taken back and the profits from the earnings of these lands will be used honestly".

On 26 Dec 2021 Ali was nominated as the Member of the State Haj Committee Uttar Pradesh.