Omar Abdullah | |
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 Abdullah at Goa Arts & Literary Festival 2012 | |
| 1st Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2024[1] | |
| Lieutenant Governor | Manoj Sinha |
| Deputy | Surinder Kumar Choudhary |
| Preceded by | President's rule[a] |
| 8th Chief Minister of the State of Jammu & Kashmir | |
| In office 5 January 2009 – 8 January 2015 | |
| Governor | Narinder Nath Vohra |
| Deputy | Tara Chand |
| Preceded by | Governor's rule[b] |
| Succeeded by | Governor's rule[c] |
| Union Minister of State | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 23 December 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 1999 – 2001 | Commerce and Industry |
| 2001 – 2002 | External Affairs |
| Roles in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| 2008 – 2014 | Member from Ganderbal |
| 2015 – 2018 | Leader of the Opposition |
| 2014 – 2018 | Member from Beerwah |
| 2024 – 2024 | Member from Budgam |
| 2024 – present | Member from Ganderbal |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 10 March 1998 – 18 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Mohammad Mir Magami |
| Succeeded by | Farooq Abdullah |
| Constituency | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Vice President of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | |
| Assumed office 5 January 2009 | |
| President | Farooq Abdullah |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1970 Rochford, Essex, England |
| Political party | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |
| Spouse |
Payal Nath
(m. 1994; div. 2011) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Farooq Abdullah (father) Mollie Abdullah (mother) |
| Residence | 40, Gupkar Road, Srinagar |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Omar Abdullah[a] (born 10 March 1970) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He had previously served as the chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir between 2009 and 2014, and is the current vice president of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, a position he has held since 2009. Abdullah also served as a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2009, representing the Srinagar parliamentary constituency, and was a union minister of State for External Affairs.
The son of former Jammu and Kashmir state chief minister Farooq Abdullah, he joined politics in 1998 after being elected as the youngest member of the Lok Sabha, a feat he repeated in subsequent three elections. He was the union minister of State for External Affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's NDA government, from 23 July 2001 to 23 December 2002. He resigned from NDA government in October 2002 to concentrate on party work.[2] During this time, he took a larger role in state politics. However, his party faced defeat in the 2002 state elections. However, him and his party were later elected in the 2008 state elections.[3]
He became the youngest, and 11th chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir after forming a government in coalition with the Indian National Congress, on 5 January 2009.[4][5] He would serve in that position until 2015, after being defeated in the 2014 state elections. He was the last leader of opposition in the erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, serving as an MLA from Beerwah constituency, before the assembly was dissolved in 2018 and the state of Jammu & Kashmir ceased to exist as on 6 August 2019 and became a union territory following the revocation of Article 370, which Abdullah fiercely opposed.
Following being arrested and detained in 2020, Abdullah returned to politics first in the 2024 Indian general election, where he was defeated for a seat. Despite initially refusing to run for a seat, Abdullah was elected as an MLA following the 2024 union territory elections, being elected the first chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in alliance with the INDIA bloc. He took office in October 2024.
- ^ "Omar Abdullah To Take Oath As Jammu And Kashmir Chief Minister On October 16". Zee News.
- ^ "Omar Abdullah resigns from Union Cabinet". rediff.com. 14 October 2002. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ Omar Abdullah not just another political scion CNN-IBN, 5 Jan 2009.
- ^ Omar Abdullah takes oath as youngest J&K chief minister Archived 30 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine NDTV, Monday, 5 January 2009 2:01 PM.
- ^ Omar Abdullah to be sworn in as J&K CM today Times of India, 5 January 2009.
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