Syed Shahnawaz Hussain is an Indian politician and a member of the Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party.

He was appointed as a Minister of State in the Third Vajpayee ministry and held various portfolios such as food processing industries, youth affairs and sports and human resource development at different times.

Though he lost the 2004 general elections, he re-entered the Lok Sabha in November 2006 in a by-election when he won the vacant seat of Bhagalpur constituency in Bihar.

He helped Bhagalpur to be named under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Smart Cities Scheme.

Due to his efforts, Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express got a halt at Naughachia Railway station.