Ghulam Nabi Azad
| Ghulam Nabi Azad | |
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| غلام نبی آزاد | |
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| Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha | |
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Assumed office 8 June 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Arun Jaitley |
| Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
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In office 22 May 2009 – 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Anbumani Ramadoss |
| Succeeded by | Harsh Vardhan |
| Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |
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In office 2 November 2005 – 11 July 2008 |
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| Governor |
Srinivas Kumar Sinha Narinder Nath Vohra |
| Preceded by | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed |
| Succeeded by | Omar Abdullah |
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Jammu and Kashmir | |
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Assumed office 16 February 2015 |
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| Constituency | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 March 1949 Soti, Dominion of India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations |
United Progressive Alliance (2004–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Shameem Dev Azad (1980–present) |
| Children | Saddam Sofiya |
| Alma mater |
Government Degree Colleges, Bhadarwah University of Jammu University of Kashmir |
| Religion | Islam |
Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 7 March 1949, in Jammu and Kashmir, Dominion of India) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress and was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare. Presently, he serves as the Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha.
He was the Parliamentary Affairs Minister of India in the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh until 27 October 2005, when he was appointed as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. After delivering victories in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, after which Andhra was divided in two parts (Telangana and Coastal Andhra). He led the party successfully in the 2002 Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir.
As a Union minister, he steered successive Congress governments to victory in 21 no-confidence motions including the minority government of P. V. Narasimha Rao in the early 1990s.
Azad's first political assignment was the Block Congress Committee secretary in Bahlesa Distt Doda in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, his native place.
In 1980, he was appointed as the President of the All India Youth Congress, the first from the minority community.
After being elected to the Seventh Lok Sabha from Maharashtra's Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1980, Azad entered into the Central government as Deputy Minister in charge of Law, Justice and Company Affairs Ministry in 1982.
Subsequently, he was elected to the Eighth Lok Sabha in 1984 and was a first member (1990 - 1996) from Maharashtra as a Rajya Sabha. During Rao's government, Azad took charge of Parliamentary Affairs and Civil Aviation ministries. He was subsequently elected to Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir during the term of 30/11/1996 to 29/11/2002 and 30/11/2002 to 29/11/2008, but resigned on 29/04/2006 as he became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on 2 November 2005.
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