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Farooq Abdullah
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- Born 21 October 1937
- Age 87
- Birth Place Srinagar, Jammu And Kashmir, British India
- Profession Politician
- Political Party Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
- In Office Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 16 April 2017 - 4 June 2024, 4th Chief Minister Of The State Of Jammu & Kashmir 9 October 1996 - 18 October 2002, Union Minister Of New And Renewable Energy 28 May 2009 - 26 May 2014
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Farooq Abdullah BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 26 Jan 2025
Farooq Abdullah is the leader of the Jammu and Kashmir-based party National Conference and former Union minister and chief minister of the erstwhile state. He served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982 and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy betw...
Farooq Abdullah PERSONAL LIFE
| Father | Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah |
| Spouse | Mollie Abdullah (1968), |
| Children | Omar, Safia, Hinna, Sara |
| Education | Tyndale Biscoe School, Sawai Man Singh Medical College |
POSITIONS HELD BY Farooq Abdullah
| Position | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Member of the 15th Lok Sabha | N/A |
| Member of Rajya Sabha | N/A |
| Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | N/A |
| Member of the 16th Lok Sabha | 16 April 2017 - Present |
| Member of the 17th Lok Sabha | N/A |
FAROOQ ABDULLAH NEWS
Farooq Abdullah slams Pakistan for praising Gupkar statement: 'We are not anyone's puppets'
August 30, 2020 9:29 pm
"Pakistan has always abused mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir but now suddenly they like us. Let me make it clear that we are not anyone's puppets," Farooq Abdullah said.
NC political affairs panel meets for first time since bifurcation of J&K
August 30, 2020 5:35 am
The meeting, at the party headquarters in Srinagar, was presided over by NC president Farooq Abdullah. The PAC members authorised Farooq “to widen the acceptance of Gupkar Declaration among all sections (of people) in Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh.”
Behind joint statement by J&K parties: 2 weeks of phone calls, many leaders kept out of loop
August 26, 2020 5:26 am
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, who is in detention at her residence under the Public Safety Act (PSA), was kept informed about the deliberations over the phone.
Daily briefing: AG speaks up for Bhushan, sought action over his tweets last year; BJP summon to 4 Rajasthan MLAs
August 21, 2020 8:27 am
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Farooq holds in-person meeting with NC leaders, says all-party meet soon
August 21, 2020 7:59 am
This was the first in-person political meeting of the party after mainstream political leaders were detained at the time of the constitutional changes of August 5, 2019.
Will discuss JK's political agenda after all leaders including Mufti freed from detention: Farooq Abdullah
August 20, 2020 9:47 pm
The Lok Sabha member was talking to reporters at his residence after meeting NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar and former ministers Mohammad Shafi Uri, Abdul Rahim Rather and Nasir Aslam Wani.
Abdullahs’ habeas corpus petitions: To pleas for release of 16 NC leaders, J&K admin says none detained
August 12, 2020 2:01 am
The NC said the UT administration’s response was “fallacious and far from reality”, and that the “excuses put forth by the administration in the court of law are misleading and contemptuous”.
BJP can gather and celebrate, we can’t even meet in my father's lawn: Omar Abdullah
August 05, 2020 8:27 pm
Omar Abdullah, who is the vice president of the NC, said, "One year later the authorities are still too afraid to allow us to meet much less carry out any normal political activity. This fear speaks volumes about the true situation on the ground in Kashmir."
Before anniversary of split, J&K sarpanch shot at, Farooq calls parties for a meeting
August 05, 2020 12:06 pm
Former J&K Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has called a meeting of mainstream political leaders at his residence on Wednesday. The meeting, however, is unlikely to happen as most of the political leaders are still under house detention.
Farooq Abdullah calls for probe into exodus of Kashmiri Pandits
August 02, 2020 7:34 pm
Replying to questions during a webinar, Abdullah said he was of the firm belief that Kashmir is incomplete without Kashmiri Pandits and that he would support any mechanism to bring them back honourably.
