Mehbooba Mufti
| Mehbooba Mufti محبوبہ مُفتی |
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| 9th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |
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Assumed office 4 April 2016 |
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| Governor | Narinder Nath Vohra |
| Deputy | Nirmal Kumar Singh |
| Preceded by | Office vacant (Governor's rule) |
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Member of Indian Parliament for Anantnag |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Mirza Mehboob Beg |
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In office 16 May 2004 – 16 May 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Mirza Mehboob Beg |
| Succeeded by | Ali Muhammad Naik |
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22 May 1959 Bijbehara, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Political party | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Javed Iqbal (divorced) |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Relatives | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (father) |
| Alma mater | University of Kashmir |
Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (born 22 May 1959) is the current Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, serving since 4 April 2016. She is commonly called as Bhajii (باجی) (meaning Elder Sister in Urdu). The first woman to hold the office, she succeeded her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in the role, a few months after his death in January 2016. Mehbooba is India’s second Muslim woman chief minister after Syeda Anwara Taimur of Assam. She is the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was a member of Indian parliament, representing Anantnag in the 16th Lok Sabha; before she was sworn in as the Chief Minister of J&K. She had previously represented Anantnag in the 14th Lok Sabha (2004–09) but did not contest the 2009 election for the 15th Lok Sabha.
Born in 1959 in Akhran Nowpora, she earned her law degree from the University of Kashmir.
When elections for the state assembly were held in 1996, Mehbooba became one of the most popular members elected from Bijbehara on an Indian National Congress ticket. Her father had at that time returned to the Congress, which he had left in 1987, angry at the alliance that party had formed with its traditional rival in the state, the National Conference. Mehbooba quickly made a mark as the leader of the opposition in the assembly, taking on the government of Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah with asperity.
Her sister Rubaiya Sayeed was kidnapped when their father was appointed India's Home Minister in 1989, and released after a few days.
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