Ghulam Nabi Azad | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2014 | |
| Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 8 June 2014 – 15 February 2021[1] | |
| Chairman | Mohammad Hamid Ansari Venkaiah Naidu |
| Deputy Leader | Anand Sharma |
| Preceded by | Arun Jaitley |
| Succeeded by | Mallikarjun Kharge |
| Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
| In office 22 May 2009 – 26 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Anbumani Ramadoss |
| Succeeded by | Harsh Vardhan |
| 7th Chief Minister of the state of Jammu & Kashmir | |
| In office 2 November 2005 – 11 July 2008 | |
| Governor | Srinivas Kumar Sinha Narinder Nath Vohra |
| Preceded by | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed |
| Succeeded by | Omar Abdullah |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 11 February 2009 – 15 February 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Saifuddin Soz |
| Constituency | Jammu and Kashmir(state) |
| In office 30 November 1996 – 29 January 2006 | |
| Constituency | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 1990 – 2 April 1996 | |
| In office 1980–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Vasantrao Naik |
| Succeeded by | Anantrao Vithhalrao Deshmukh |
| Constituency | Washim, Maharashtra |
| Chairperson of Democratic Progressive Azad Party | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 23 May 2004 – 1 November 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Succeeded by | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi |
| In office 18 January 1996 – 16 May 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | Vidya Charan Shukla |
| Succeeded by | Pramod Mahajan |
| In office 21 June 1991 – 18 January 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | Satya Prakash Malaviya |
| Succeeded by | Vidya Charan Shukla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ghulam Nabi Bhatt 7 March 1949 Bhalessa, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Azad Party |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (1973–2022) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Saddam Nabi Azad (son)[2] Sofiya Nabi Azad (daughter)[3] |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan (2022) |
Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 7 March 1949) is an Indian politician who served as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha between 2014 and 2021. He also served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2005 to 2008. On 26 September 2022, Azad announced his own political party as Democratic Progressive Azad Party. He is the chief patron cum founder of Democratic Progressive Azad Party.
Azad served as Minister of Health and Family Welfare.[4] He has served as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the Manmohan Singh government until 27 October 2005, when he was appointed the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. On 26 August 2022, Azad resigned from Indian National Congress and mulled creating a new party at the national level.[5]
He also led the party successfully in the 2002 Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir. He was bestowed with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, in 2022 by the Indian Government in the field of Public Affairs.[6]
- ^ After Ghulam Nabi Azad, who could be the next Leader of Opposition? Hindustan Times
- ^ "Who is Ghulam Nabi Azad?". 31 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "My dad will do well, says Azad's daughter". The Hindu. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "Ghulam Nabi Azad Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history".
- ^ "Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Congress, resigns from all party positions". THE TIMES OF INDIA. 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Padma Awards 2022: Complete list of recipients". mint. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.