Farooq Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah
Abdullah in Delhi, 2011
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office November 2024
Constituency	Jammu and Kashmir
In office 30 November 2002 – 29 November 2008
Constituency	Jammu and Kashmir
In office April 2009 – May 2009
Constituency	Jammu and Kashmir
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 April 2017 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Tariq Hameed Karra
Succeeded by	Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi
Constituency	Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
In office 13 May 2009 – 12 May 2014
Preceded by	Omar Abdullah
Succeeded by	Tariq Hameed Karra
Constituency	Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
In office 6 January 1980 – 5 January 1983
Preceded by	Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah
Succeeded by	Abdul Rashid Kabuli
Constituency	Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
4th Chief Minister of the state of Jammu & Kashmir
In office 9 October 1996 – 18 October 2002
Governor	K. V. Krishna Rao Girish Chandra Saxena
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
In office 7 November 1986 – 18 January 1990
Governor	Jagmohan Malhotra K. V. Krishna Rao
Preceded by	Governor's rule
Succeeded by	Governor's rule
In office 8 September 1982 – 2 July 1984
Governor	Braj Kumar Nehru Jagmohan Malhotra
Preceded by	Sheikh Abdullah
Succeeded by	Ghulam Mohammad Shah
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy
In office 28 May 2009 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Vilas Muttemwar
Succeeded by	Piyush Goyal
President of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Chairman	Omar Abdullah
Preceded by	Omar Abdullah
In office 1981 – 2002
Preceded by	Sheikh Abdullah
Succeeded by	Omar Abdullah
Personal details
Born	(1937-10-21) 21 October 1937 (age 87) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
Political party	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Spouse	Mollie Abdullah[1] ​ ​ (m. 1968)​
Relations	Sheikh Mustafa Kamal (brother)
Children	Omar Safia Hinna Sara
Residences	40, Gupkar Road, Srinagar AB-9, Tilak Marg, New Delhi
Alma mater	Tyndale Biscoe School Sawai Man Singh Medical College
Occupation	Politician

Farooq Abdullah (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician and the current president of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He has served as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982, and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014. He is the son of the 1st elected chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah. His son is the current chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah.