Ashraf Sehrai

Ashraf Sehrai
Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat[2]
In office
19 May 2018[1] – 5 May 2021
Preceded bySyed Ali Shah Geelani[3]
Succeeded byAmeer Hamza Shah[4]
Personal details
Born1944 (1944)
Tekipora, Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Died5 May 2021(2021-05-05) (aged 76–77)
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India[5]
CitizenshipIndian
Political partyJamaat-e-Islami Kashmir (1960–2006)
Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (2004–2021)
Children6
EducationBA (Hons)
Alma materAligarh Muslim University

Mohammad Ashraf Khan (23 March 1944 – 5 May 2021), chiefly known as Ashraf Sehrai or just as Sehrai,[6][7] was a Kashmiri separatist leader and chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, a Kashmiri separatist political party.[8] He was elected chairman through a first-ever election conducted in the history of Hurriyat when Syed Ali Shah Geelani relinquished office due to his deteriorating health.[9][10]

He had also served as general secretary and deputy chairperson of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir. He was later appointed the head of its political division.[11]

  1. ^ "Ashraf Sehrai replaces Geelani as Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman". outlookindia.com.
  2. ^ "Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai Elected As Chairman Of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat". 20 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Geelani steps down from TeH post". The Statesman. 19 March 2018.
  4. ^ Kashmir Media Service (11 February 2022). "Ameer Hamza Shah elected new Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman". Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  5. ^ India, Tribune (5 May 2021). "Detained separatist leader Ashraf Sehrai dies in Jammu hospital". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. ^ Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, Kashmiri Separatist, Is Dead at 77. 10 May 2021. New York Times.
  7. ^ "The Next Geelani". 28 March 2018.
  8. ^ Saaliq, Sheikh (19 March 2018). "Geelani Resigns As Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chief, Trusted Friend Sehrai Takes Over". News18. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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  10. ^ "After Geelani, who?". www.dailyo.in.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Raafi 2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).