Party Name : Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
Constituency : Srinagar
State : Jammu and Kashmir
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
Mother's Name : Late Begam Akbar Jehan Abdullah
Date of birth : 21 Oct 1937
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
1980-82 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha1982-1990, 1996-2002 & Dec. 2008-Feb. 2009 Member, Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly (Five terms)1982-1983 Minister of Health, Jammu & Kashmir1983-1990, 1996-2002 Chief Minister, Jammu & Kashmir (Three terms)2002 Member, Rajya SabhaFeb. 2009 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Leader, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha31 May 2009 - May 2014 Union Cabinet Minister, New and Renewable EnergyPresident, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference15 April 2017 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha in a bye-election (3rd term)19 Sept. 2018 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on CommerceMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)13 Sept. 2019 -12 Sept. 2020 Member, Standing Committee on Railways13 Sept. 2020 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs & Public DistributionMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
More Information :
Special Interests
To work for National Health Service in India
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Photography, classical music and ghazals
Sports and Clubs
Golf; Member: (i) Delhi Golf Club; (ii) DLF Golf Club; (iii) Royal Spring Golf Course, Kashmir; and (iv) St. Andrews, Scotland and President, J&K Cricket Association.
Countries Visited
Widely Travelled
Other Information
Awarded (i) Dr. B.C. Roy Award as a medical man -cum-statesman; (ii) D.Litt. (Honoris causa), Aligarh Muslim University; and (iii) Degree of Letters (Honoris Causa), Pondicherry University, Puducherry
