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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Ghulam Nabi Azad</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Ghulam Nabi Azad</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ghulam_Nabi_Azad-cropped.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Ghulam_Nabi_Azad-cropped.JPG/220px-Ghulam_Nabi_Azad-cropped.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Ghulam_Nabi_Azad-cropped.JPG/330px-Ghulam_Nabi_Azad-cropped.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Ghulam_Nabi_Azad-cropped.JPG/440px-Ghulam_Nabi_Azad-cropped.JPG 2x" data-file-width="967" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2014</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Rajya_Sabha" title="Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha">Leader of the Opposition</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 June 2014<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2014-06-08</span>)</span> – 15 February 2021<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2021-02-15</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span 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title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)">Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />22 May 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-05-22</span>)</span> – 26 May 2014<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2014-05-26</span>)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anbumani_Ramadoss" title="Anbumani Ramadoss">Anbumani Ramadoss</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harsh_Vardhan_(Delhi_politician)" title="Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)">Harsh Vardhan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">7th <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir">Chief Minister of the state of Jammu & Kashmir</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 November 2005<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2005-11-02</span>)</span> – 11 July 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2008-07-11</span>)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Srinivas_Kumar_Sinha" title="Srinivas Kumar Sinha">Srinivas Kumar Sinha</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Nath_Vohra" title="Narinder Nath Vohra">Narinder Nath Vohra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mufti_Mohammad_Sayeed" title="Mufti Mohammad Sayeed">Mufti Mohammad Sayeed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Omar_Abdullah" title="Omar Abdullah">Omar Abdullah</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 February 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-02-11</span>)</span> – 15 February 2021<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2021-02-15</span>)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saifuddin_Soz" title="Saifuddin Soz">Saifuddin Soz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a>(state)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />30 November 1996<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1996-11-30</span>)</span> – 29 January 2006<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2006-01-29</span>)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 April 1990 – 2 April 1996</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1980–1989</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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title="Democratic Progressive Azad Party">Democratic Progressive Azad Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />26 September 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>position established</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a 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V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vidya_Charan_Shukla" title="Vidya Charan Shukla">Vidya Charan Shukla</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />21 June 1991 – 18 January 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Satya_Prakash_Malaviya" title="Satya Prakash Malaviya">Satya Prakash Malaviya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vidya_Charan_Shukla" title="Vidya Charan Shukla">Vidya Charan Shukla</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Ghulam Nabi Bhatt</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-03-07</span>) </span>7 March 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 75)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bhalessa" title="Bhalessa">Bhalessa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Azad_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Progressive Azad Party">Democratic Progressive Azad Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (1973–2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Shameema_Dev_Azad" title="Shameema Dev Azad">Shameema Dev Azad</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1980)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Saddam Nabi Azad (son)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Sofiya Nabi Azad (daughter)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_Degree_Colleges_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Degree Colleges in India">Government Degree Colleges, Bhadarwah</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Govt._Gandhi_Memorial_Science_College" title="Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College">G.G.M. Science College</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Jammu" title="University of Jammu">University of Jammu</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kashmir" title="University of Kashmir">University of Kashmir</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> (2022)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ghulam Nabi Azad</b> (born 7 March 1949) is an Indian politician who served as Leader of Opposition in <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> between 2014 and 2021. He also served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> from 2005 to 2008. On 26 September 2022, Azad announced his own political party as <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Azad_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Progressive Azad Party">Democratic Progressive Azad Party</a>. He is the chief patron cum founder of Democratic Progressive Azad Party. </p><p>Azad served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)">Minister of Health and Family Welfare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has served as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> government until 27 October 2005, when he was appointed the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir">Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir</a>. On 26 August 2022, Azad resigned from <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> and mulled creating a new party at the national level.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also led the party successfully in the <a href="/wiki/2002_Jammu_and_Kashmir_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election">2002 Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir</a>. He was bestowed with the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a>, India's third highest civilian award, in 2022 by the Indian Government in the field of Public Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghulam_Nabi_Azad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ghulam Nabi Azad was born in a village named Soti of <a href="/wiki/Gandoh" title="Gandoh">Gandoh</a> tehsil (<a href="/wiki/Bhalessa" title="Bhalessa">Bhalessa</a>) in the formerly princely state of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Doda_district" title="Doda district">Doda district</a>. His parents were Rahamatullah Batt and Basa Begum. He attended the local school in his village. Later for higher studies he moved to <a href="/wiki/Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a> and received his Bachelor's of Science degree from <a href="/wiki/Govt._Gandhi_Memorial_Science_College" title="Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College">G.G.M. Science College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, he also received a Master's in <a href="/wiki/Zoology" title="Zoology">Zoology</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kashmir" title="University of Kashmir">University of Kashmir</a>, Srinagar in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghulam_Nabi_Azad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Azad started his career soon after working as the secretary for the Block Congress Committee in <a href="/wiki/Bhalessa" title="Bhalessa">Bhalessa</a> in 1973. Two years later, he was nominated as the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress. In 1980, he was appointed the President of the All-India Youth Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After being elected to the <a href="/wiki/Seventh_Lok_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh Lok Sabha">Seventh Lok Sabha</a> from Maharashtra's <a href="/wiki/Washim_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washim (Lok Sabha constituency)">Washim (Lok Sabha constituency)</a> in 1980, Azad entered into the Central government as Deputy Minister in charge of Law, Justice and Company Affairs Ministry in 1982. </p><p>Subsequently, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Lok_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighth Lok Sabha">Eighth Lok Sabha</a> in 1984 and was a member (1990 - 1996) from Maharashtra in <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RS-list_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-list-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Rao's government, Azad took charge of Parliamentary Affairs and Civil Aviation ministries. He was subsequently elected to Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir during the term of 30 November 1996 to 29 November 2002 and 30 November 2002 to 29 November 2008, but resigned on 29 April 2006 as he became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on 2 November 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-RS-list_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-list-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party">People's Democratic Party</a>, a coalition partner of the Indian National Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, withdrew its support for Azad's government, and rather than attempt to sustain his government by requesting a vote of confidence, Azad resigned on 7 July 2008, and later left office on 11 July 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Union_government">Union government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghulam_Nabi_Azad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Union government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_assumes_charge_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Urban_Development_in_New_Delhi_on_May_25,_2004_(Tuesday.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_assumes_charge_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Urban_Development_in_New_Delhi_on_May_25%2C_2004_%28Tuesday.jpg/220px-Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_assumes_charge_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Urban_Development_in_New_Delhi_on_May_25%2C_2004_%28Tuesday.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_assumes_charge_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Urban_Development_in_New_Delhi_on_May_25%2C_2004_%28Tuesday.jpg/330px-Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_assumes_charge_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Urban_Development_in_New_Delhi_on_May_25%2C_2004_%28Tuesday.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_assumes_charge_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Urban_Development_in_New_Delhi_on_May_25%2C_2004_%28Tuesday.jpg/440px-Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_assumes_charge_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Urban_Development_in_New_Delhi_on_May_25%2C_2004_%28Tuesday.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="591" /></a><figcaption>Ghulam Nabi Azad assumes charge as the Union Minister for Urban Development in New Delhi on 25 May 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">second</a> United Progressive Alliance Government, led by <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a>, Azad was sworn in as the Health Minister of India. He was elected to Rajya Sabha for the fourth and fifth terms from Jammu and Kashmir during the term of 30 November 1996 to 29 November 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-RS-list_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-list-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He vowed to expand the National Rural Health Mission, which has mobilized half a million health workers, all across India, and later his ministry also launched a National Urban Health Mission, to serve the slum dwelling urban poor.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has suggested a late marriage age of between 25 and 30 for population control, and has said that lack of electricity & thereby absence of TV entertainment in rural areas will cause people to produce more children.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leader_of_Opposition">Leader of Opposition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghulam_Nabi_Azad&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leader of Opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2014, after the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">National Democratic Alliance</a> won a majority in the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> and formed the Union government, Azad was appointed the leader of opposition in the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>, where Congress still held the majority.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Azad got re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir, despite the PDP-BJP alliance holding a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2015_to_Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad,_at_a_function,_at_Parliament_House,_in_New_Delhi.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2015_to_Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad%2C_at_a_function%2C_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi.JPG/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2015_to_Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad%2C_at_a_function%2C_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi.JPG/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award_for_the_year_2015_to_Shri_Ghulam_Nabi_Azad%2C_at_a_function%2C_at_Parliament_House%2C_in_New_Delhi.JPG/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1368" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a>, President of India presenting the <a href="/wiki/Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award" title="Outstanding Parliamentarian Award">Outstanding Parliamentarian Award</a> for 2015 to Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, at a function, at <a href="/wiki/Old_Parliament_House,_New_Delhi" title="Old Parliament House, New Delhi">Parliament House, New Delhi</a> on August 1, 2018.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resignation_from_INC">Resignation from INC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghulam_Nabi_Azad&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Resignation from INC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2022, Azad resigned from the post of chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Congress campaign committee hours after his appointment. Sonia Gandhi accepted the resignation from Azad. On 26 August 2022, he resigned from all positions including primary membership of the party.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his resignation letter, he cited destruction of consultative process by <a href="/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a> as a reason.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Democratic_Progressive_Azad_Party">Democratic Progressive Azad Party</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghulam_Nabi_Azad&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Democratic Progressive Azad Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 4 September 2022, Azad announced the formation of a new political party after resigning from <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a>. He said the people of Jammu and Kashmir will decide the name and the flag for the new party.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 September 2022, Azad announced the name of his new party as <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Azad_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Progressive Azad Party">Democratic Progressive Azad Party</a>. The flag of the Democratic Azad Party has three colours: mustard, white, and blue.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghulam_Nabi_Azad&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Azad married <a href="/wiki/Shameema_Dev_Azad" title="Shameema Dev Azad">Shameema Dev Azad</a>, a well known Kashmiri singer, in 1980, and they have a son Saddam Nabi Azad and a daughter Sofiya Nabi Azad.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positions_held">Positions held</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghulam_Nabi_Azad&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Positions held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td>1980 - 1984 </td> <td>Elected to <a href="/wiki/7th_Lok_Sabha" title="7th Lok Sabha">7th Lok Sabha</a> <ul><li>Deputy Minister - Law, Justice and Company Affairs (1982-82)</li> <li>Deputy Minister - Information and Broadcasting (1983–84)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 - 1989 </td> <td>Elected to <a href="/wiki/8th_Lok_Sabha" title="8th Lok Sabha">8th Lok Sabha</a> <ul><li>Minister of State - Parliamentary Affairs (Dec 1984 - May 1986)</li> <li>Minister of State - Home Affairs (May 1986 - Oct 1986)</li> <li>Minister of State - Food and Civil Supplies (Oct 1986 - Sept 1987)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 - 1996 </td> <td>Elected to <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> From Maharashtra <ul><li>Union Minister - Parliamentary Affairs (June 1991 - Dec 1992)</li> <li>Union Minister - Parliamentary Affairs (Jan 1993 - May 1996)</li> <li>Union Minister - Civil Aviation and Tourism (Jan 1993 - May 1996)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 - 2002 </td> <td>Elected to <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> From Jammu and Kashmir </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 - 2006 </td> <td>Elected to <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> From Jammu and Kashmir <ul><li>Union Minister - Parliamentary Affairs (May 2004 - Oct 2005)</li> <li>Union Minister - Urban Development (May 2004 - Oct 2005)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghulam_Nabi_Azad&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In March 2022, Ghulam Nabi Azad received <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> from President <a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outstanding_Parliamentarian_Award" title="Outstanding Parliamentarian Award">Outstanding 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Sindhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venu_Srinivasan" title="Venu Srinivasan">Venu Srinivasan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._S._Chithra" title="K. S. Chithra">K. S. Chithra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarun_Gogoi" title="Tarun Gogoi">Tarun Gogoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrashekhara_Kambara" title="Chandrashekhara Kambara">Chandrashekhara Kambara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumitra_Mahajan" title="Sumitra Mahajan">Sumitra Mahajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nripendra_Misra" title="Nripendra Misra">Nripendra Misra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Vilas_Paswan" title="Ram Vilas Paswan">Ram Vilas Paswan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshubhai_Patel" title="Keshubhai Patel">Keshubhai Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalbe_Sadiq" title="Kalbe Sadiq">Kalbe Sadiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnikant_Shroff" title="Rajnikant Shroff">Rajnikant Devidas Shroff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarlochan_Singh" title="Tarlochan Singh">Tarlochan Singh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ghulam Nabi Azad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Banerjee" title="Victor Banerjee">Victor Banerjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurmeet_Bawa" title="Gurmeet Bawa">Gurmeet Bawa</a><sup>#</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhadeb_Bhattacharjee" title="Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee">Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natarajan_Chandrasekaran" title="Natarajan Chandrasekaran">Natarajan Chandrasekaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Ella" title="Krishna Ella">Krishna Ella</a></li> <li>Suchitra Ella</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhur_Jaffrey" title="Madhur Jaffrey">Madhur Jaffrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Jhajharia" title="Devendra Jhajharia">Devendra Jhajharia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Khan_(musician)" title="Rashid Khan (musician)">Rashid Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Mehrishi" title="Rajiv Mehrishi">Rajiv Mehrishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundar_Pichai" title="Sundar Pichai">Sundar Pichai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_S._Poonawalla" title="Cyrus S. Poonawalla">Cyrus Poonawalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjaya_Rajaram" title="Sanjaya Rajaram">Sanjaya Rajaram</a><sup>#</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Ray" title="Pratibha Ray">Pratibha Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Sachchidanand" title="Swami Sachchidanand">Swami Sachchidanand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vashishth_Tripathi" title="Vashishth Tripathi">Vashishth Tripathi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2023</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Mangalam_Birla" title="Kumar Mangalam Birla">Kumar Mangalam Birla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._L._Bhyrappa" title="S. L. Bhyrappa">S. L. Bhyrappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deepak_Dhar" title="Deepak Dhar">Deepak Dhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vani_Jairam" title="Vani Jairam">Vani Jairam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinna_Jeeyar" title="Chinna Jeeyar">Chinna Jeeyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suman_Kalyanpur" title="Suman Kalyanpur">Suman Kalyanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Kapoor" title="Kapil Kapoor">Kapil Kapoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Murty" title="Sudha Murty">Sudha Murty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamlesh_Patel_(Daaji)" title="Kamlesh Patel (Daaji)">Kamlesh D Patel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)">1954–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)">2020–2029</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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