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	'''Farooq Abdullah''' (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician and ~~chairman~~ of [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]. He has served as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir\|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 [[Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Sheikh Abdullah]], and father of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir [[Omar Abdullah]].		'''Farooq Abdullah''' (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician and President of [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]. He has served as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir\|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 [[Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Sheikh Abdullah]], and father of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir [[Omar Abdullah]].
	[[File:Pranab Mukherjee being greeted by the Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah.jpg\|thumb\|238x238px\|Farooq Abdullah stands between Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] and President of India [[Pranab Mukherjee\|Mukherjee]] with Vice President of India [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari\|Ansari]] on far left at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan\|Presidential Palace]] in New Delhi, India in 2013.]]		[[File:Pranab Mukherjee being greeted by the Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah.jpg\|thumb\|238x238px\|Farooq Abdullah stands between Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] and President of India [[Pranab Mukherjee\|Mukherjee]] with Vice President of India [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari\|Ansari]] on far left at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan\|Presidential Palace]] in New Delhi, India in 2013.]]

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	===Chief Minister, 1982–1984===		===Chief Minister, 1982–1984===
	Abdullah was a novice in the political arena of Jammu and Kashmir when he was appointed president of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference\|National Conference]] in August 1981. His main qualification was that he was the son ~~and heir~~ of Sheikh Abdullah. After his father's death in 1982, Farooq Abdullah became the chief minister of the state. In 1984, a faction of the National conference led by his brother-in-law [[Ghulam Mohammad Shah]] broke away, leading to the collapse of his government and his dismissal. Shah subsequently became the Chief Minister with the support of the Congress.		Abdullah was a novice in the political arena of Jammu and Kashmir when he was appointed president of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference\|National Conference]] in August 1981. His main qualification was that he was the son of Sheikh Abdullah. After his father's death in 1982, Farooq Abdullah became the chief minister of the state. In 1984, a faction of the National conference led by his brother-in-law [[Ghulam Mohammad Shah]] broke away, leading to the collapse of his government and his dismissal. Shah subsequently became the Chief Minister with the support of the Congress.

	===1984–1996===		===1984–1996===
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	=== Subsequent political career===		=== Subsequent political career===
	[[File:Hamid Karzai, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge).jpg\|left\|thumb\|285x285px\|Farooq Abdullah with Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]], and President of Afghanistan [[Hamid Karzai]] at [[World Sustainable Development Forum]] in 2011.]]
	In the 2002 [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election\|Legislative Assembly elections]], Omar Abdullah was chosen to lead the National Conference, while Farooq Abdullah intended to continue his political career at the Central level. The National Conference lost the election and a coalition government headed by [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]] took office.		In the 2002 [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election\|Legislative Assembly elections]], Omar Abdullah was chosen to lead the National Conference, while Farooq Abdullah intended to continue his political career at the Central level. The National Conference lost the election and a coalition government headed by [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]] took office.

	Farooq Abdullah was subsequently elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002 from Jammu and Kashmir and re-elected in 2009. He resigned from the Rajya Sabha in May 2009 and won a seat in the Lok Sabha from [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx \|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 \|publisher=164.100.47.5 \|access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref> Abdullah joined the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government as a [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India\|Cabinet Minister]] of New and Renewable Energy.		Farooq Abdullah was subsequently elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002 from Jammu and Kashmir and re-elected in 2009. He resigned from the Rajya Sabha in May 2009 and won a seat in the Lok Sabha from [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx \|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 \|publisher=164.100.47.5 \|access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref> Abdullah joined the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government as a [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India\|Cabinet Minister]] of New and Renewable Energy.
	[[File:The Minister for Foreign Affairs of UAE, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayad Al-Nahayan meeting the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, in New Delhi on June 12, 2009.jpg\|left\|thumb\|283x283px\|Farooq Abdullah with prince [[Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan\|Abdullah Bin Zayad Al Nahayan]], foreign minister of the [[United Arab Emirates]] in 2009.]]
	[[File:The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Princess Astrid of Belgium, in a bilateral meeting, in New Delhi on November 25, 2013.jpg\|thumb\|284x284px\|Farooq Abdullah meets with [[Princess Astrid of Belgium]] in 2013 in New Delhi.]]		[[File:The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Princess Astrid of Belgium, in a bilateral meeting, in New Delhi on November 25, 2013.jpg\|thumb\|284x284px\|Farooq Abdullah meets with [[Princess Astrid of Belgium]] in 2013 in New Delhi.]]
	[[File:Farooq Abdullah with the Mongolian President, Mr. Tsakhia Elbegdorj, in Ulaanbaatar. Dr. Abdullah is in Mongolia to attend the oath taking ceremony of Elbegdorj.jpg\|thumb\|Farooq Abdullah with the President of Mongolia [[Tsakhia Elbegdorj]] during his oath taking ceremony in [[Ulaanbaatar]] in 2013.]]		[[File:Farooq Abdullah with the Mongolian President, Mr. Tsakhia Elbegdorj, in Ulaanbaatar. Dr. Abdullah is in Mongolia to attend the oath taking ceremony of Elbegdorj.jpg\|thumb\|Farooq Abdullah with the President of Mongolia [[Tsakhia Elbegdorj]] during his oath taking ceremony in [[Ulaanbaatar]] in 2013.]]

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	{{short description\|~~Kashmiri~~ politician from ~~Indian administratored region of~~ Kashmir}}		{{short description\|Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
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	\| name = Farooq Abdullah		\| name = Farooq Abdullah
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	\| image = File:~~A Italian delegation led by~~ the ~~Minister~~ of ~~Economic Development, Mr. Claudio Scajola meeting~~ the ~~Union Minister of New~~ and ~~Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah~~, in New Delhi ~~on December 14, 2009~~.jpg		\| image = File:Farooq Abdullah addressing at the presentation ceremony of the Cash Prizes to the best performing Regional Rural Banks and Certificates for extending loans for SPV home lighting systems during 2009-10, in New Delhi.jpg
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	\| caption = Dr. Farooq Abdullah ~~(right) meeting [[Claudio Scajola]] (Italian Minister of Economic Development)~~ in ~~New Delhi on 14 December 2009.~~		\| caption = Dr. Farooq Abdullah in 2011
	~~\| alt = Dr. Farooq Abdullah is the taller man and is wearing a hat. He is shaking hands with Claudio Scajola. In the background are other members of the Italian delegation.~~
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1937\|10\|21\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1937\|10\|21\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)~~]], (present-day [[Jammu~~ and ~~Kashmir (Union Territory)\|~~Jammu ~~and Kashmir~~]], [[India]])		\| birth_place = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)\|Kashmir and Jammu]], [[British Raj\|British India]]
	\| office = Chair of [[People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration]]		\| office = Chair of [[People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration]]
	\| term_start = 20 October 2020		\| term_start = 20 October 2020
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	In 1986, G.M. Shah's government was dismissed after communal riots in South Kashmir, and a new National Conference–Congress government was sworn in with Abdullah as the chief minister, after the [[Rajiv Gandhi\|Rajiv]]-Farooq accord.		In 1986, G.M. Shah's government was dismissed after communal riots in South Kashmir, and a new National Conference–Congress government was sworn in with Abdullah as the chief minister, after the [[Rajiv Gandhi\|Rajiv]]-Farooq accord.

	A [[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election\|new election]] was held in 1987 and the National Conference–Congress alliance won the election amid allegations of fraud. This period saw a rise in militancy in the state, with the return of trained militants in J&K and incidents that included the kidnapping of the daughter of the Union Home Minister [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. Subsequently, Farooq Abdullah resigned in protest after [[Jagmohan]] was appointed as the governor,		A [[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election\|new election]] was held in 1987 and the National Conference–Congress alliance won the election amid allegations of fraud. This period saw a rise in militancy in the state, with the return of trained militants in J&K and incidents that included the kidnapping of the daughter of the Union Home Minister [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. Subsequently, Farooq Abdullah resigned in protest after [[Jagmohan]] was appointed the governor,
	and the state was brought under [[President's rule\|Governor's Rule]].<ref name="Koithara">{{cite book\|last=Koithara\|first=Verghese \|title=Crafting peace in Kashmir : through a realist lens\|publisher=Sage\|location=Thousand Oaks, CA\|year=2004\|pages=61–62\|isbn=978-0-7619-3262-8\|oclc=237902298\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UISphQgbhJMC&q=%22Farooq%20Abdullah%22&pg=PA61}}</ref> He subsequently moved to the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="Dulat, A.S.">{{cite book\|last=Dulat\|first=Amarjeet Singh \|title=Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years		and the state was brought under [[President's rule\|Governor's Rule]].<ref name="Koithara">{{cite book\|last=Koithara\|first=Verghese \|title=Crafting peace in Kashmir : through a realist lens\|publisher=Sage\|location=Thousand Oaks, CA\|year=2004\|pages=61–62\|isbn=978-0-7619-3262-8\|oclc=237902298\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UISphQgbhJMC&q=%22Farooq%20Abdullah%22&pg=PA61}}</ref> He subsequently moved to the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="Dulat, A.S.">{{cite book\|last=Dulat\|first=Amarjeet Singh \|title=Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years
	\|publisher=Harper Collins \|year=2015\|isbn=978-9-3517-7066-4		\|publisher=Harper Collins \|year=2015\|isbn=978-9-3517-7066-4
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	=== Subsequent political career===		=== Subsequent political career===
	[[File:Hamid Karzai, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge).jpg\|left\|thumb\|285x285px\|Farooq Abdullah with Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]], and President of Afghanistan [[Hamid Karzai]] at [[World Sustainable Development Forum]] in 2011.]]		[[File:Hamid Karzai, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge).jpg\|left\|thumb\|285x285px\|Farooq Abdullah with Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]], and President of Afghanistan [[Hamid Karzai]] at [[World Sustainable Development Forum]] in 2011.]]
	In the 2002 [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election\|Legislative Assembly elections]], Omar Abdullah was chosen to lead the National Conference, while Farooq Abdullah intended to continue his political career at the Central level. The National Conference lost the election a coalition government headed by [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]] took office.		In the 2002 [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election\|Legislative Assembly elections]], Omar Abdullah was chosen to lead the National Conference, while Farooq Abdullah intended to continue his political career at the Central level. The National Conference lost the election and a coalition government headed by [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]] took office.

	Farooq Abdullah was subsequently elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002 from Jammu and Kashmir and re-elected in 2009. He resigned from the Rajya Sabha in May 2009 and won a seat in the Lok Sabha from [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx \|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 \|publisher=164.100.47.5 \|access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref> Abdullah joined the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government as a [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India\|Cabinet Minister]] of New and Renewable Energy.		Farooq Abdullah was subsequently elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002 from Jammu and Kashmir and re-elected in 2009. He resigned from the Rajya Sabha in May 2009 and won a seat in the Lok Sabha from [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx \|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 \|publisher=164.100.47.5 \|access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref> Abdullah joined the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government as a [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India\|Cabinet Minister]] of New and Renewable Energy.
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	[[File:The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Princess Astrid of Belgium, in a bilateral meeting, in New Delhi on November 25, 2013.jpg\|thumb\|284x284px\|Farooq Abdullah meets with [[Princess Astrid of Belgium]] in 2013 in New Delhi.]]		[[File:The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Princess Astrid of Belgium, in a bilateral meeting, in New Delhi on November 25, 2013.jpg\|thumb\|284x284px\|Farooq Abdullah meets with [[Princess Astrid of Belgium]] in 2013 in New Delhi.]]
	[[File:Farooq Abdullah with the Mongolian President, Mr. Tsakhia Elbegdorj, in Ulaanbaatar. Dr. Abdullah is in Mongolia to attend the oath taking ceremony of Elbegdorj.jpg\|thumb\|Farooq Abdullah with the President of Mongolia [[Tsakhia Elbegdorj]] during his oath taking ceremony in [[Ulaanbaatar]] in 2013.]]		[[File:Farooq Abdullah with the Mongolian President, Mr. Tsakhia Elbegdorj, in Ulaanbaatar. Dr. Abdullah is in Mongolia to attend the oath taking ceremony of Elbegdorj.jpg\|thumb\|Farooq Abdullah with the President of Mongolia [[Tsakhia Elbegdorj]] during his oath taking ceremony in [[Ulaanbaatar]] in 2013.]]
	Abdullah contested the [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Srinagar]] Lok Sabha seat again in the [[2014 Indian general election\|2014 General Election]], but was defeated by the People's Democratic Party candidate [[Tariq Hameed Karra]]. In 2017, Tariq Hameed Karra resigned from the position, leading to a [[2017 Srinagar by-election\|by-election]] for the Srinagar parliamentary seat. Abdullah got 48,555 ~~Votes~~ and defeated PDP candidate Nazir Ahmed Khan by 10,700 ~~Votes~~.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/srinagar-by-polls-2-voters-turned-up-for-re-polling-counting-today-1681640 \|title=Srinagar By-Election: Farooq Abdullah Beats PDP Candidate In Key Contest \|publisher=Ndtv.com \|date=2017-04-15 \|access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref>		Abdullah contested the [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Srinagar]] Lok Sabha seat again in the [[2014 Indian general election\|2014 General Election]], but was defeated by the People's Democratic Party candidate [[Tariq Hameed Karra]]. In 2017, Tariq Hameed Karra resigned from the position, leading to a [[2017 Srinagar by-election\|by-election]] for the Srinagar parliamentary seat. Abdullah got 48,555 votes and defeated PDP candidate Nazir Ahmed Khan by 10,700 votes.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/srinagar-by-polls-2-voters-turned-up-for-re-polling-counting-today-1681640 \|title=Srinagar By-Election: Farooq Abdullah Beats PDP Candidate In Key Contest \|publisher=Ndtv.com \|date=2017-04-15 \|access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref>

	On 16 September 2019, Abdullah became the first mainstream politician to be detained under the [[Public Safety Act]]. Prior to this, Abdullah was under house arrest since the scrapping of [[Indian revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status\|Article 370 of the Constitution of India]].<ref> {{cite web \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/supreme-court-asks-centre-to-respond-to-tamil-nadu-leader-vaikos-petition-for-farooq-abdullahs-relea-2101527?pfrom=home-topscroll \|title=Farooq Abdullah, 83, Detained Under Tough Public Safety Act \|publisher=Ndtv.com \|date=2019-09-16 \|access-date=2019-09-16}}</ref> He was released from house detention under the PSA after seven and a half months on 13 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/farooq-abdullahs-detention-order-revoked-after-seven-and-half-months-of-captivity-82-yr-old-mp-was-under-house-arrest-8148411.html\|title=Farooq Abdullah's detention order revoked after seven-and-half months of captivity; 82-yr-old Srinagar MP was under house arrest\|website=Firstpost\|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>		On 16 September 2019, Abdullah became the first mainstream politician to be detained under the [[Public Safety Act]]. Prior to this, Abdullah was under house arrest since the scrapping of [[Indian revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status\|Article 370 of the Constitution of India]].<ref> {{cite web \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/supreme-court-asks-centre-to-respond-to-tamil-nadu-leader-vaikos-petition-for-farooq-abdullahs-relea-2101527?pfrom=home-topscroll \|title=Farooq Abdullah, 83, Detained Under Tough Public Safety Act \|publisher=Ndtv.com \|date=2019-09-16 \|access-date=2019-09-16}}</ref> He was released from house detention under the PSA after seven and a half months on 13 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/farooq-abdullahs-detention-order-revoked-after-seven-and-half-months-of-captivity-82-yr-old-mp-was-under-house-arrest-8148411.html\|title=Farooq Abdullah's detention order revoked after seven-and-half months of captivity; 82-yr-old Srinagar MP was under house arrest\|website=Firstpost\|date=13 March 2020\|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>

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| name = Farooq Abdullah
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| caption = Dr. Farooq Abdullah (right) meeting [[Claudio Scajola]] (Italian Minister of Economic Development) in New Delhi on 14 December 2009.
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| birth_place = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)]], (present-day [[Jammu and Kashmir (Union Territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]])
| office = Chair of [[People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration]]
| term_start = 20 October 2020
| predecessor = ''Position established''
| 1blankname = Vice-chair
| 1namedata = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar]]
| term_start1 = 16 April 2017
| predecessor1 = [[Tariq Hameed Karra]]
| office2 = 4th [[Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]]
| term_start2 = 8 September 1982
| term_end2 = 2 July 1984
| predecessor2 = [[Sheikh Abdullah]]
| successor2 = [[Ghulam Mohammad Shah]]
| term_start3 = 7 November 1986
| term_end3 = 19 January 1990
| predecessor3 = [[Governor's Rule]]
| successor3 = [[Governor's Rule]]
| term_start4 = 9 October 1996
| term_end4 = 18 October 2002
| predecessor4 = [[President's Rule]]
| successor4 = [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
| office5 = President [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]
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| office7 = [[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (India)|Minister of New and Renewable Energy]] Govt of India
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| term_end7 = 26 May 2014
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| children = [[Omar Abdullah]] Safia Abdullah Hinna Abdullah Sara Pilot
| residence = Gupkar Road [[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]]
| alma_mater = [[Tyndale Biscoe School]]
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'''Farooq Abdullah''' (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician and chairman of [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]. He has served as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|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 [[Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]] [[Sheikh Abdullah]], and father of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir [[Omar Abdullah]].
[[File:Pranab Mukherjee being greeted by the Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah.jpg|thumb|238x238px|Farooq Abdullah stands between Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] and President of India [[Pranab Mukherjee|Mukherjee]] with Vice President of India [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari|Ansari]] on far left at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan|Presidential Palace]] in New Delhi, India in 2013.]]

==Early life and education==

Farooq Abdullah was born to the veteran statesman and National Conference leader [[Sheikh Abdullah]] and [[Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah]]. He studied at [[Tyndale Biscoe School]], and subsequently received his [[MBBS]] degree from [[Sawai ManSingh Medical College|SMS Medical College]], Jaipur. He subsequently travelled to the UK to practice medicine.<ref>{{cite web | title=Farooq Abdullah Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history | website=elections.in | date=1937-10-21 | url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/farooq-abdullah.html/ | access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref>

==Family==

He is married to Molly, a nurse of British origin. They have a son, Omar, and three daughters, Safia, Hinna, and Sara. Their son [[Omar Abdullah]] is also involved in state and national politics, who was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] and was the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Sara is married to [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] politician [[Sachin Pilot]].

==Political career==
===Entry into politics===
Abdullah was elected to the Lok Sabha unopposed <ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title=TitlePage-VolI_LS99.PDF |access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref> from [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in the [[1980 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir|1980 General Election]].

===Chief Minister, 1982–1984===
Abdullah was a novice in the political arena of Jammu and Kashmir when he was appointed president of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] in August 1981. His main qualification was that he was the son and heir of Sheikh Abdullah. After his father's death in 1982, Farooq Abdullah became the chief minister of the state. In 1984, a faction of the National conference led by his brother-in-law [[Ghulam Mohammad Shah]] broke away, leading to the collapse of his government and his dismissal. Shah subsequently became the Chief Minister with the support of the Congress.

===1984–1996===
In 1986, G.M. Shah's government was dismissed after communal riots in South Kashmir, and a new National Conference–Congress government was sworn in with Abdullah as the chief minister, after the [[Rajiv Gandhi|Rajiv]]-Farooq accord.

A [[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|new election]] was held in 1987 and the National Conference–Congress alliance won the election amid allegations of fraud. This period saw a rise in militancy in the state, with the return of trained militants in J&K and incidents that included the kidnapping of the daughter of the Union Home Minister [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. Subsequently, Farooq Abdullah resigned in protest after [[Jagmohan]] was appointed as the governor,
and the state was brought under [[President's rule|Governor's Rule]].<ref name="Koithara">{{cite book|last=Koithara|first=Verghese |title=Crafting peace in Kashmir : through a realist lens|publisher=Sage|location=Thousand Oaks, CA|year=2004|pages=61–62|isbn=978-0-7619-3262-8|oclc=237902298|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UISphQgbhJMC&q=%22Farooq%20Abdullah%22&pg=PA61}}</ref> He subsequently moved to the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="Dulat, A.S.">{{cite book|last=Dulat|first=Amarjeet Singh |title=Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years
|publisher=Harper Collins |year=2015|isbn=978-9-3517-7066-4
|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9789351770664/kashmir-the-vajpayee-years}}</ref>

=== Chief Minister, 1996–2002===
After returning to India, and winning the [[1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly elections]] in 1996, Abdullah was once again sworn in as chief minister of the state, his fifth time. His government lasted for a full six-year term. In 1999, the National Conference joined the [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]], and his son Omar Abdullah was subsequently appointed a union minister of state.

=== Subsequent political career===
[[File:Hamid Karzai, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge).jpg|left|thumb|285x285px|Farooq Abdullah with Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]], and President of Afghanistan [[Hamid Karzai]] at [[World Sustainable Development Forum]] in 2011.]]
In the 2002 [[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly elections]], Omar Abdullah was chosen to lead the National Conference, while Farooq Abdullah intended to continue his political career at the Central level. The National Conference lost the election a coalition government headed by [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]] took office.

Farooq Abdullah was subsequently elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002 from Jammu and Kashmir and re-elected in 2009. He resigned from the Rajya Sabha in May 2009 and won a seat in the Lok Sabha from [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 |publisher=164.100.47.5 |access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref> Abdullah joined the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government as a [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Cabinet Minister]] of New and Renewable Energy.
[[File:The Minister for Foreign Affairs of UAE, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayad Al-Nahayan meeting the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, in New Delhi on June 12, 2009.jpg|left|thumb|283x283px|Farooq Abdullah with prince [[Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan|Abdullah Bin Zayad Al Nahayan]], foreign minister of the [[United Arab Emirates]] in 2009.]]
[[File:The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Princess Astrid of Belgium, in a bilateral meeting, in New Delhi on November 25, 2013.jpg|thumb|284x284px|Farooq Abdullah meets with [[Princess Astrid of Belgium]] in 2013 in New Delhi.]]
[[File:Farooq Abdullah with the Mongolian President, Mr. Tsakhia Elbegdorj, in Ulaanbaatar. Dr. Abdullah is in Mongolia to attend the oath taking ceremony of Elbegdorj.jpg|thumb|Farooq Abdullah with the President of Mongolia [[Tsakhia Elbegdorj]] during his oath taking ceremony in [[Ulaanbaatar]] in 2013.]]
Abdullah contested the [[Srinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srinagar]] Lok Sabha seat again in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 General Election]], but was defeated by the People's Democratic Party candidate [[Tariq Hameed Karra]]. In 2017, Tariq Hameed Karra resigned from the position, leading to a [[2017 Srinagar by-election|by-election]] for the Srinagar parliamentary seat. Abdullah got 48,555 Votes and defeated PDP candidate Nazir Ahmed Khan by 10,700 Votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/srinagar-by-polls-2-voters-turned-up-for-re-polling-counting-today-1681640 |title=Srinagar By-Election: Farooq Abdullah Beats PDP Candidate In Key Contest |publisher=Ndtv.com |date=2017-04-15 |access-date=2018-08-16}}</ref>

On 16 September 2019, Abdullah became the first mainstream politician to be detained under the [[Public Safety Act]]. Prior to this, Abdullah was under house arrest since the scrapping of [[Indian revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status|Article 370 of the Constitution of India]].<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/supreme-court-asks-centre-to-respond-to-tamil-nadu-leader-vaikos-petition-for-farooq-abdullahs-relea-2101527?pfrom=home-topscroll |title=Farooq Abdullah, 83, Detained Under Tough Public Safety Act |publisher=Ndtv.com |date=2019-09-16 |access-date=2019-09-16}}</ref> He was released from house detention under the PSA after seven and a half months on 13 March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/farooq-abdullahs-detention-order-revoked-after-seven-and-half-months-of-captivity-82-yr-old-mp-was-under-house-arrest-8148411.html|title=Farooq Abdullah's detention order revoked after seven-and-half months of captivity; 82-yr-old Srinagar MP was under house arrest|website=Firstpost|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>

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