Farooq Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah
Abdullah in 2011
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
November 2024
ConstituencyJammu and Kashmir
In office
30 November 2002 – 29 November 2008
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 April 2017 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byTariq Hameed Karra
Succeeded byAga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi
ConstituencySrinagar
In office
13 May 2009 – 12 May 2014
Preceded byOmar Abdullah
Succeeded byTariq Hameed Karra
ConstituencySrinagar
In office
6 January 1980 – 5 January 1983
Preceded byBegum Akbar Jehan Abdullah
Succeeded byAbdul Rashid Kabuli
ConstituencySrinagar
4th Chief Minister of the state of Jammu & Kashmir
In office
9 October 1996 – 18 October 2002
GovernorK. V. Krishna Rao
Girish Chandra Saxena
Preceded byPresident's Rule
Succeeded byMufti Mohammad Sayeed
In office
7 November 1986 – 18 January 1990
GovernorJagmohan Malhotra
K. V. Krishna Rao
Preceded byGovernor's Rule
Succeeded byGovernor's Rule
In office
8 September 1982 – 2 July 1984
GovernorBraj Kumar Nehru
Jagmohan Malhotra
Preceded bySheikh Abdullah
Succeeded byGhulam Mohammad Shah
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy
In office
28 May 2009 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byVilas Muttemwar
Succeeded byPiyush Goyal
President of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Assumed office
2009
ChairmanOmar Abdullah
Preceded byOmar Abdullah
In office
1981-2002
Preceded bySheikh Abdullah
Succeeded byOmar Abdullah
Personal details
Born (1937-10-21) 21 October 1937 (age 87)
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Political partyJammu & Kashmir National Conference
SpouseMollie Abdullah[1]
RelationsSheikh Mustafa Kamal (brother)
Children
Residence(s)Gupkar Road Srinagar, Kashmir
Alma materTyndale Biscoe School and Sawai Man Singh Medical College
OccupationPolitician
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Farooq Abdullah (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician and the current president of the 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. His son is the current chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah.

Farooq Abdullah stands between prime minister Manmohan Singh and president of India Pranab Mukherjee with vice-president of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari on far left at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India in 2013.
  1. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha".