Mehbooba Mufti Sayed | |
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.jpg) Mufti in 2022 | |
| President of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office January 2009 | |
| 9th Chief Minister of the state of Jammu & Kashmir | |
| In office 4 April 2016 – 19 June 2018 | |
| Governor | Narinder Nath Vohra Satyapal Malik |
| Preceded by | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed |
| Succeeded by | Governors rule Omar Abdullah (UT) |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2014–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Mirza Mehboob Beg |
| Succeeded by | Hasnain Masoodi |
| Constituency | Anantnag |
| In office 16 May 2004 – 16 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Muhammad Naik |
| Succeeded by | Mirza Mehboob Beg |
| Vice-chair of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration | |
| In office 20 October 2020 – 2024 | |
| Chair | Farooq Abdullah |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 May 1959 Bijbehara, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Political party | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Javed Iqbal Shah[1] |
| Children | Iltija Mufti, Irtiqa Mufti |
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| Alma mater | University of Kashmir |
Mehbooba Mufti Sayed (Kashmiri: محبوبہ مفتی سید)(Urdu: محبوبہ مفتی سید) (born 22 May 1959) is an Indian politician and leader of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP), who served as the 9th and last chief minister of the erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018. She was the first female chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. After the revocation of Article 370 of the constitution in August 2019, Mufti was detained without any charges at first and later under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.[2]
Mufti is the first woman to hold the office of chief minister in the Jammu and Kashmir.[3] She formed a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir jointly with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She resigned in June 2018 after the BJP withdrew from the coalition.[4]
Mufti was the president of the PDP and was a member of the Indian parliament, representing Anantnag in the 16th Lok Sabha before she was sworn in as the chief minister of the Jammu and Kashmir. She also represented Anantnag in the 14th Lok Sabha (2004–09)[5] and has also been a Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
- ^ "Insider tears into Muftis and family party". Telegraph India. 2 March 2016.
- ^ Haq, Shuja-ul; Wani, Ashraf (15 November 2019). "After daughter's appeal, Mehbooba Mufti shifted to warmer location in Srinagar". India Today. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Mehbooba is J-K's first woman CM and India's 16th". Hindustan Times. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ Masoodi, Nazir and Tikku, Aloke (19 June 2018). "Dumped By BJP, Mehbooba Mufti Says Muscular Policy Won't Work In Kashmir". ndtv.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mufti, Mehbooba (1 March 2019). "Why is GoI so uncomfortable with Jamaat e Islami?..." Twitter. Retrieved 7 June 2019.