Farooq Abdullah
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Dr. Farooq Abdullah (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician and current President of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He has served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982, and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014. He is the son of the 1st elected Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah, and father of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah.
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Dr. Farooq Abdullah | |
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Chair of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration | |
Assumed office 20 October 2020 | |
Vice-chair | Mehbooba Mufti |
Preceded by | Position established |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 16 April 2017 | |
Preceded by | Tariq Hameed Karra |
Constituency | Srinagar |
In office 13 May 2009 – 12 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Omar Abdullah |
Succeeded by | Tariq Hameed Karra |
Constituency | Srinagar |
In office 6 January 1980 – 5 January 1983 | |
Preceded by | Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah |
Succeeded by | Abdul Rashid Kabuli |
Constituency | Srinagar |
4th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |
In office 9 October 1996 – 18 October 2002 | |
Governor | K. V. Krishna Rao Girish Chandra Saxena |
Preceded by | President's Rule |
Succeeded by | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed |
In office 7 November 1986 – 18 January 1990 | |
Governor | Jagmohan Malhotra K. V. Krishna Rao |
Preceded by | Governor's Rule |
Succeeded by | Governor's Rule |
In office 8 September 1982 – 2 July 1984 | |
Governor | Braj Kumar Nehru Jagmohan Malhotra |
Preceded by | Sheikh Abdullah |
Succeeded by | Ghulam Mohammad Shah |
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India | |
In office 28 May 2009 – 26 May 2014 | |
President | Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Vilas Muttemwar |
Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
President Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
In office 1981 - 2002 | |
Preceded by | Sheikh Abdullah |
Succeeded by | Omar Abdullah |
Assumed office 2009 | |
Chairperson | Omar Abdullah |
Preceded by | Omar Abdullah |
Personal details | |
Born | (1937-10-21) 21 October 1937 (age 86) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India |
Political party | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
Spouse | Mollie Abdullah[1] |
Relations | Omer abdullah son, Sara Pilot daughters and other 2 daughters, |
Children |
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Residence(s) | Gupkar Road Srinagar, Kashmir |
Alma mater | Tyndale Biscoe School |
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