Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai is an Indian politician. He was governor of Bihar twice, 1979-1985 and 1993-1998, and governor of West Bengal from 1998 to 1999. He was also deputy minister in Government of India from 1974 to 1977. He has also been the director of the Jammu Kashmir Bank. Bihar (Hindi: बिहार, Urdu: بہار, IPA: ,  ) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country. ... West Bengal   (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ... The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of India. ...

He was born in 1920 in Uttar Pradesh state. He studied for B.A. at Jamia Millia Islamia University, 1940; for M.Sc. at University of Illinois, USA, 1948; and for Ph.D. at Cornell University, USA. 1950. Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: ‎, translation: Northern Province, IPA: ,  ), also popularly known by its abbreviation U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ... Jamia Milia Islamia (Urdu: جامعہ ملیہ اسلامیہ) National Islamic University is an Indian Central University located in New Delhi. ... The University of Illinois is the set of three public universities in Illinois. ... Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and in Education City, Qatar. ...

He was Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh from 1983 to 1992.

Presently he is the Governor of Haryana.