Omar Abdullah
Indian politician and former chief minister of state of Jammu and Kashmir / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Omar Abdullah (pronunciationⓘ; born 10 March 1970) is an Indian politician who served as former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and Chairperson of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference since 2009.
Omar Abdullah | |
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Vice President of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | |
Assumed office 2009 | |
President | Farooq Abdullah |
Leader of the Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
In office 15 January 2015 – 30 June 2018 | |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Constituency | Beerwah |
8th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |
In office 5 January 2009 – 8 January 2015 | |
Governor | Narinder Nath Vohra |
Preceded by | Governor's rule |
Succeeded by | Governor's rule |
Minister of State for External Affairs | |
In office 23 July 2001 – 23 December 2002 | |
President | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Preceded by | Krishnam Raju |
Succeeded by | Digvijay Singh |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 10 March 1998 – 18 May 2009 | |
Preceded by | Ghulam Mohammad Mir Magami |
Succeeded by | Farooq Abdullah |
Constituency | Srinagar |
Personal details | |
Born | (1970-03-10) 10 March 1970 (age 54) Rochford, Essex, England |
Political party | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |
Spouse |
Payal Nath
(m. 1994; sep. 2011) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Farooq Abdullah (father) Mollie Abdullah (mother) |
Relatives | Sachin Pilot (brother in law) |
Residence(s) | 40, Gupkar Road, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Education | Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) |
Alma mater | Burn Hall School, Sydenham College, University of Mumbai University of Strathclyde |
He became the 11th and the youngest Chief Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir and youngest Lok Sabha member, after forming a government in coalition with the Congress party, on 5 January 2009.[4][5]
He was the last Leader of opposition in the erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (Member of the Legislative Assembly from Beerwah constituency of Budgam district)[6] before the assembly was dissolved in 2018 and the state of Jammu & Kashmir ceased to exist as on 6 August 2019. On 6 February 2020 the Government of India booked him under the Public Safety Act (PSA) which was revoked on 24 March 2020.
He was a member of 14th Lok Sabha, representing Srinagar constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was the Union Minister of State for External affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's NDA government, from 23 July 2001 to 23 December 2002. He resigned from NDA government in October 2002 to concentrate on party work.[7]
Omar joined politics in 1998, as a Lok Sabha member, a feat he repeated in subsequent three elections and also remained the Union minister; he took on the mantle of National Conference from his father in 2002, though lost his own seat of Ganderbal during the 2002 state assembly elections, and so did his party, the political mandate; four years later, he contested once again from the same seat and won in the 2008 Kashmir State Elections.[8]
In run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Omar Abdullah showed unwillingness to go for a seat sharing agreement with other political parties under the INDIA alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, and insisted on NC contesting all seats in Kashmir region. [9][10]