Muzaffar Hussain Baig

Muzaffar Hussain Baig
Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha
In office
1 September 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded bySharifuddin Shariq
Succeeded byMohammad Akbar Lone
ConstituencyBaramulla
Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state
In office
2 November 2005 – 11 July 2008
Preceded byMangat Ram Sharma
Succeeded byTara Chand
ConstituencyBaramulla
Chief-Patron of JKPDP
In office
December 11 2018 – November 14 2020
PresidentMehbooba Mufti
Succeeded byposition abolished
Personal details
Born (1946-05-08) 8 May 1946 (age 78)
Wahdina, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Other political
affiliations
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (Founding Member)
SpouseSafina Baig
ChildrenDaima
Dalyah
Alma materHarvard Law School
OccupationAdvocate General, Politician
AwardsPadma Bhushan
As of 20 June, 2021
Source: [1]

Muzaffar Hussain Baig is an Indian politician from Kashmir. He was the former Deputy Chief Minister of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. On Republic Day of 2020 he received India's third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan.[1][2]

Baig was the founding member of Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party led by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and was named as Patron of the party post-Mufti's death in 2016.

  1. ^ The Hindu Net Desk (26 January 2020). "Ex-PDP patron Muzaffar Hussain Baig join's Sajad's People Conference". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ The Hindu Net Desk (26 January 2020). "Full list of 2020 Padma awardees". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 May 2021.