Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
| State from which I am elected: | Jammu & Kashmir |
| My Political Party: | Indian National Congress |
| My Delhi Address: | 5, South Avenue Lane, New Delhi – 110011 |
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| My Permanent Address: | Bungalow No. 2, Panama Chowk, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. 180004 |
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Member’s Name : Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
Father’s Name : Shri Rahamatullah
| Mother’s Name : Shrimati Basa Begum |
| Date of Birth : 7 March 1949 |
| Place of Birth : Village Soti, Bhadarwah, Distt. Doda (Jammu & Kashmir) |
| Marital Status : Married on 27 March 1980 |
| Spouse’s Name : Shrimati Shameem Dev Azad |
| Children : One son and one daughter |
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Educational Qualification :
M.Sc. (Zoology) Educated at Government Degree College Bhadarwah, G.G.M. Science College, Jammu, S.P. College, Srinagar and Kashmir University, Srinagar
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Profession :
Political and Social Worker
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Permanent Address:
Bungalow No. 2, Panama Chowk, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.180004 H.No. 9, Hyderpora Byepass, Srinagar, J&K
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Present Address :
5, South Avenue Lane, New Delhi -110011 Tel. – 23792052, 23792944,23013292
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Positions Held:
1980-84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha 1980-82 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings 1982-83 Union Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs 1983-84 Union Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 1985-89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha (second term) 31 Dec.1984-11 May 1986 Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs May 1986 – Oct. 1986 Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Oct. 1986 – Sept. 1987 Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies April 1990 Elected to Rajya Sabha June 1991 – Jan. 1993 Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Jan. 1993 – May 1996 Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism Dec. 1995 – May 1996 Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Civil Aviation and Tourism Nov. 1996 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term) 1998 July 1998- May 2004 Member, Standing Committee on Energy Member, Rajghat Samadhi Committee Dec. 1999 – Feb. 2004 Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture May 2000 – Feb. 2004 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Functioning of Wakf Boards Nov. 2002 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term) May 2004 – Oct. 2005 Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Urban Development Member, Rajghat Samadhi Committee Nov. 2005 – July 2008 Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir April 2006 – Feb. 2009 Member, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Feb. 2009 Elected to Rajya Sabha (fourth term) 22 May 2009 – 26 May 2014 Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jan. 2010 – May 2014 Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Children Dec. 2013 – May 2014 Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Millennium Development Goals 1 Feb. 2014 – 26 May 2014 Minister of Water Resourcs (Additional Charge) 8 June 2014 – 11 Feb. 2015 and 16 Feb. 2015 onwards Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha Oct. 2014 – Feb. 2015 and Oct. 2016 onwards Member, Committee on Installation of Portraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex Aug. 2014 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee Feb. 2015 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fifth term)
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| Freedom Fighter : No |
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Books Published:
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Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and
Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests :
Organising camps, symposia and seminars on the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi
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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation :
Gardening, meeting people and cultural activities, secularism and national integration
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Countries Visited :
Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K., Russia, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Bahamas, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, U.S.A., Australia, Luxembourg, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Romania, Indonesia, Vietnam, Poland, Argentina, Brazil, North Korea, South Korea, Iran, Turkmenistan, U.A.E., Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Turkey
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Other Information :
An outstanding N.C.C. Cadet in Government Degree College, Bhadarwah, G.G.M. Science College and S.P. College, Srinagar; courted arrest more than a dozen times and jailed during the Janata Government (1977-79) in different parts of the country; Cultural Secretary and elected representative of Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Kashmir University, 1970-72; Chairman, First International Youth Conference, Delhi, 1982; Director, Board of Directors in the Associated Journals Limited, publishers of National Herald, 1988-90; Member, (i) Bazam-i-Adab, S.P. College, Srinagar, 1967-68, (ii) Anti-Copying Front, S.P. College, Srinagar, 1967-68, (iii) Peace Committee, G.G.M. Science College, Jammu, 1967-69, (iv) National Integration Committee, G.G.M. Science College, Jammu, 1967-69, (v) Jammu and Kashmir Gandhi Centenary Committee, 1969, (vi) Publication of Journals and Beautification of Campus Committee, Kashmir University, 1970-72, (vii) Jammu and Kashmir Gandhi Smarak Nidhi (as Member and Organiser of Jammu and Kashmir Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, 1970-75, organized hundreds of camps, symposia and seminars on teachings of Mahatma Gandhi), (viii) Delegation to the 11th World Youth and Students’ Festival, Havana (Cuba), 1978, (ix) Central Haj Committee, 1980-82, (x) Governing Council, Rajaji International Institute of Public Affairs and Administration, 1980-82, (xi) Jammu and Kashmir Bhoodan Committee, (xii) Parliamentary Delegation to Mexico and Greece and (xiii) Indian Parliamentary Group; Leader, (i) Indian Delegation of Sarvodaya to Sri Lanka to visit one thousand Gandhian model villages, 1973, (ii) Youth Congress Delegation to Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Russia, 1980-82, (iii) Young M.P.s’ Delegation to Iraq, 1981, (iv) Indian Goodwill Haj Delegation to Saudi Arabia, 1987, (v) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Sweden, 1991 as Parliamentary Affairs Minister, (vi) Indian Parliamentary Delegation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting held in New Delhi, 1992 as Parliamentary Affairs Minister and (vii) a number of Congress Party and Ministry of Civil Aviation Delegations to more than three dozen countries, 1991-96; Convener, (i) Central Campaign Committee of A.I.C.C. for 1998 Parliamentary Elections and (ii) Committee for Golden Jubilee Celebrations of India’s Independence of A.I.C.C; General Secretary, All India Congress Committee since 1999
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