Saud Anwar's Biography
- State Senate (CT) - District 3, Democratic Deputy President Pro Tempore
Contact Information
Office
Legislative Office Building, Room 3300
Hartford, CT 06106-1591
Full Name:
Saud Anwar
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Yusra; 2 Children: Taha, Taseen
Birth Place:
Pakistan
Home City:
South Windsor, CT
Religion:
Muslim
MPH, Yale University, 1996-1998
Occupational Medicine Fellowship, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yale University, 1996-1998
Critical Care Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine, Yale University, 1995-1997
Attended, Pulmonary Medicine, Yale University, 1995-1996
Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Illinois, 1992-1995
MD, Aga Khan University, 1986-1991
Deputy President Pro Tempore, Connecticut State Senate, 2021-present
Senator, Connecticut State Senate, District 3, 2019-present
Mayor, Town of South Windsor, Connecticut, 2013-present
Candidate, Connecticut State Senate, District 3, 2022
Deputy President Pro Tempore, Connecticut State Senate, 2019
Candidate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 14, 2016
Council Member, Town of South Windsor, Connecticut, 2011-2013
Member, Appropriations Committee
Member, Committee on Children
Member, Environment Committee
Vice Chair, Insurance and Real Estate Committee
Co-Chair, Public Health Committee
Co-Chair, Subcommittee on General Government A
Former Co-Chair, Committee on Children, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Housing Committee, Connecticut General Assembly
Former Vice Chair, Housing Committee, Connecticut General Assembly
Former Co-Chair, Housing Committee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Judiciary, Connecticut General Assembly
Former Member, Planning and Development Committee, Connecticut General Assembly
Former Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Connecticut General Assembly
Former Member, Subcommittee on Human Services, Connecticut General Assembly
Former Vice Chair, Public Health Committee, Connecticut General Assembly, 2019-2023
Partner, Northeastern Pulmonary Associates, 1999-present
Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, Manchester Memorial and Rockville General Hospitals, present
Consultant, British Department of Communities and Local Government
Chief Coordinator, Conference on Understanding Radicalization and DeRadicalization Strategies, Hartford, CT
Consultant, Multi Cultural Advisory Committee, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Conference Speaker, Office of Secretary Janet Napolitano, United States Department of Homeland Security
Chair, Department of Medicine, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, 2005-2010
Former Commissioner, Asian Pacific American Affairs
Member, Connecticut Safe School Climate Coalition
Conference Speaker, Department of Homeland Security
Conference Speaker, Friends of Europe-Brussels
Medical Mission, Haiti Disaster Relief
Member, Health Equity Leadership Council of Connecticut
Medical Mission, Pakistan Earthquake Response
Founding Member, South Windsor Alliance for Progress
Board Member, South Windsor Community Foundation
Former President, South Windsor Haiti Schools Incorporated
Member, South Windsor Human Relations Commission
Founding Member, South Windsor Hunger Action Team
Founder, South Windsor United in Diversity
Commissioner, State Emergency Response Commission
Diplomatic Mission, United States - Pakistan Relations
Conference Speaker, United States Mission to the European Union
Founding Member, Zero Waste South Windsor
Awards:
-Recognition by the American Red Cross for September 11th response
-Recipient of the Director FBI-Robert Mueller III Award for Community Leadership and Alliance Building.
-Anti Defamation League Torch of Liberty Award
-Human Relations Award- National Council of Community and Justice
-Community Service Award -- United States Department of Justice -- US Attorney's Office
-Trailblazer Award- South Asian Bar Association of CT
-Citizen for the Law Award - Connecticut Bar Association