Gulam Nabi Azad
| Ghulam Nabi Azad | |
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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 |
| 7th 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 |
Ghulam Nabi Bhatt 7 March 1949 Soti, Doda District, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations |
United Progressive Alliance (2004–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Shameem Dev Azad (1980–present) |
| Children | Saddam Nabi Azad Sofiya Nabi Azad |
| Alma mater |
Government Degree Colleges, Bhadarwah G.G.M. Science College University of Jammu University of Kashmir |
Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 7 March 1949, in Jammu and Kashmir, 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. He led the party successfully in the 2002 Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir.
Gulam Nabi Azad was born in the village Soti in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district.He was born to Rahamatullah Batt and Basa Begum. He went to school in his village. He moved to Jammu and finished his Bachelor's degree from G.G.M. Science College in science. Subsequently, he completed a Master's in Zoology from the University of Kashmir in 1972.
Azad started his political career soon after working as the secretary for the Block Congress Committee in Bhalessa in 1973. Two years later, he was nominated as the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress. In 1980, he was appointed as the President of the All-India Youth Congress.
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.
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