Ghulam Nabi Azad Age
He was born 7 March 1949. He is 69 years old.
Ghulam Nabi Azad Family
Gulam Nabi Azad was born in the village Soti of tehsil Gandoh (Bhalessa) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. He was born to Rahamatullah Batt and Basa Begum.
Azad married Shameem Dev Azad, a well known Kashmiri singer, in 1980, and they have a son Saddam Nabi Azad and a daughter Sofiya Nabi Azad.
Ghulam Nabi Azad Education
He went to school in his village. He moved to Jammu and finished his bachelor’s degree from G.G.M. Science College in science. Subsequently, he completed a Master’s in Zoology from the University of Kashmir in 1972.
Ghulam Nabi Azad Biography
Azad started his political career soon after working as the secretary for the Block Congress Committee in Bhalessa in 1973. Two years later, Congress leadership nominated him as the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress.
In 1980, Congress leadership appointed him as the President of the All-India Youth Congress.
After being elected to the Seventh Lok Sabha from Maharashtra Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1980. Azad entered into the Central government as Deputy Minister in charge of Law, Justice and Company Affairs Ministry in 1982.
Subsequently, people elected him to the Eighth Lok Sabha in 1984 and was a member (1990 – 1996) from Maharashtra as a Rajya Sabha.
During Rao’s government, Azad took charge of Parliamentary Affairs and Civil Aviation ministries. He became 7th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on 2 November 2005.
The People’s Democratic Party, a coalition partner of the Indian National Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, withdrew its support for Azad’s government in 2008.
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.
In the second United Progressive Alliance Government, led by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Mr. Azad, was sworn in as the Health Minister of India.
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.
Later Years
In June 2014, after the National Democratic Alliance won a majority in the Lok Sabha and formed the Union government, Congress leadership appointed Azad as the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, where Congress still held the majority.
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.