Ghulam Nabi Azad (born March 7, 1949 in Jammu and Kashmir, India) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He was the Parliamentary Affairs Minister of India in the Manmohan Singh government until October 27, when he was appointed as the chief minister of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He married Shameem Dev Azad, a well known Kashmiri singer, in 1980 and they have a son and a daughter. is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the area controlled by India. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box: A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... This article is about the Prime Minister of India. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...
GhulamNabi joined the Congress, returned to his native Doda and in 1973 served as an unknown block president of the party unit in Balesa near his ancestral village.
GhulamNabi was a young, educated man representing the party in the National Conference-dominated Doda district.
Azad, who currently holds the portfolios of parliamentary affairs and urban development, was seen to be reluctant to move to Srinagar as the chief minister till some months back.
With Azad set to become the chief minister, a Congress leader would be at the helm of affairs of the sensitive border state after a gap of some 30 years and the first after the outbreak of militancy in 1989.
Azad, who is also Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, is known for his organisational skills, having led the Congress as its general secretary to victory in several states, including Karnataka, Kerala and recently in Andhra Pradesh.
Azad had been a close associate of several Congress prime ministers and party chiefs since Rajiv Gandhi and was given key assignments by them in the last 20-odd years.
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