GHULAM NABI AZAD

Ghulam Nabi Azad is an Indian politician who was born on 7 March 1949. He was born in a village Soti in the formerly princely state of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district.

Ghulam Nabi Azad Biography

Name - Ghulam Nabi Azad
Born - 7 March 1949
Birthplace - Doda, Jammu and Kashmir
Religion - Islam
Net Worth - Rs 4.14 Crore

Career

Ghulam Nabi Azad served as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha between 2014 and 2021. He also served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2005 to 2008. On 26 September 2022, Azad announced his own political party as Democratic Progressive Azad Party. He is even the chief patron cum founder of the party. He has served as Minister of Health and Family Welfare and also serves as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs during the term service period of Manmohan Singh government until 27 October 2005.

Family

Ghulam Nabi Azad married Shameem Dev Azad who was a well known Kashmiri singer in 1980 and they also have a son Saddam Nabi Azad and a daughter Sofia Nabi Azad.

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