Farooq Abdullah
Farooq Abdullah | |
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Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India | |
| In office 28 May 2009 – 26 May 2014 | |
| President | Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Vilas Muttemwar |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| President Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| In office 1981 - 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Sheikh Abdullah |
| Succeeded by | Omar Abdullah |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Chairperson | Omar Abdullah |
| Preceded by | Omar Abdullah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1937 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India |
| Political party | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| Spouse | Mollie Abdullah[1] |
| Relations | Omer abdullah son, Sara Pilot daughters and other 2 daughters, |
| Children |
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| Residence(s) | Gupkar Road Srinagar, Kashmir |
| Alma mater | Tyndale Biscoe School |
Farooq Abdullah (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician and current President of
Early life and education
Farooq Abdullah was born to the veteran statesman and National Conference leader
Family
He is married to Molly, a nurse of British origin. They have a son, Omar, and three daughters, Safia, Hinna, and Sara. Their son Omar Abdullah is also involved in state and national politics, who was a member of the Lok Sabha and was the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Sara was married to Congress leader Sachin Pilot, whose divorce news has come recently.[3]
Political career
Entry into politics
Abdullah was elected to the Lok Sabha unopposed
Chief Minister, 1982–1984
Abdullah was a novice in the political arena of Jammu and Kashmir when he was appointed president of the National Conference in August 1981. His main qualification was that he was the son of Sheikh Abdullah. After his father's death in 1982, Farooq Abdullah became the chief minister of the state. In 1984, a faction of the National conference led by his brother-in-law Ghulam Mohammad Shah broke away, leading to the collapse of his government and his dismissal. Shah subsequently became the Chief Minister with the support of the Congress.
1984–1996
In 1986, G.M. Shah's government was dismissed after the communal 1986 Kashmir riots in South Kashmir, and a new National Conference–Congress government was sworn in with Abdullah as the chief minister, after the Rajiv-Farooq accord.
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Chief Minister, 1996–2002
After returning to India, and winning the
Subsequent political career
In the 2002 Legislative Assembly elections, Omar Abdullah was chosen to lead the National Conference, while Farooq Abdullah intended to continue his political career at the Central level. The National Conference lost the election and a coalition government headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took office.On that year Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002 promised to make Abdullah the vice president, but later reneged on his promise because of Abdul Kalam's nomination to President and Krishan Kant's disagree.[8]
Farooq Abdullah was subsequently elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002 from Jammu and Kashmir and re-elected in 2009. He resigned from the Rajya Sabha in May 2009 and won a seat in the Lok Sabha from
Abdullah contested the
On 16 September 2019, Abdullah became the first mainstream politician to be detained under the
In 2022, before the election of the President of India, Mamata Bannerjee along with several other opposition leaders had proposed Abdullah's name as the Opposition's candidate. But Abdullah declined the offer stating that he wanted to remain in active politics for more years and was concentrated in the Kashmir Union Territory issue.[13]
370 Hearing
After his son
References
- ^ "Members : Lok Sabha".
- ^ "Farooq Abdullah Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". elections.in. 21 October 1937. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Sachin Pilot and Sara Abdullah 'divorced', reveals poll affidavit". The Week. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "TitlePage-VolI_LS99.PDF" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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Koithara, Verghese (2004). Crafting peace in Kashmir : through a realist lens. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. pp. 61–62. OCLC 237902298.
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Sabharwal, Gopa (2017), India Since 1947: The Independent Years, Penguin, p. 282, ISBN 9789352140893
- ISBN 978-9-3517-7066-4.
- ^ "Vajpayee reneged on promise to make Farooq V-P: Ex-RAW boss". 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Srinagar By-Election: Farooq Abdullah Beats PDP Candidate In Key Contest". Ndtv.com. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Farooq Abdullah, 83, Detained Under Tough Public Safety Act". Ndtv.com. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Farooq Abdullah's detention order revoked after seven-and-half months of captivity; 82-yr-old Srinagar MP was under house arrest". Firstpost. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Farooq Abdullah Declines To Be Opposition's Presidential Candidate". NDTV.com. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
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