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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
| image =
| order = 11th
| office = Governor of Madhya Pradesh
| term_start = 24 June 1993
| term_end = 21 April 1998
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Digvijaya Singh]]
| predecessor = [[M. A. Khan]]
| successor = [[Bhai Mahavir]]
| office1 = [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />{{small|(Acting)}}
| term_start1 = 3 May 1996
| term_end1 = 19 July 1996
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = ''Vacant''
| predecessor1 = [[Motilal Vora]]
| successor1 = [[Romesh Bhandari]]
| order2 = 16th
| office2 = Governor of Bihar
| term_start2 = 19 March 1991
| term_end2 = 13 August 1993
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
| predecessor2 = [[B. Satya Narayan Reddy]] {{small|(Acting)}}
| successor2 = [[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]]
| office3 = 5th [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Minister of Tourism]]
| primeminister3 = [[Charan Singh]]
| term_start3 = 30 July 1979
| term_end3 = 14 January 1980
| predecessor3 = [[Purushottam Kaushik]]
| successor3 = [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]
| office4 = Deputy Minister of Railways
| term_start4 = 10 October 1974
| term_end4 = March 1977
| primeminister4 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| office5 = Deputy Minister of Steel & Heavy Industries
| term_start5 = 15 May 1969
| term_end5 = 2 May 1971
| primeminister5 = Indira Gandhi
| office6 = Deputy Minister of Commerce
| term_start6 = 28 January 1966
| term_end6 = 14 February 1969
| primeminister6 = Indira Gandhi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[British India]]
| residence =
| death_date = {{death date and age |2016|8|28|1928|11|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| spouse =
| children =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| website =
}}

'''Mohammad Shafi Qureshi''' (24 November 1928 – 28 August 2016) was a prominent Indian politician and statesman from [[Kashmir]] and the founder of the Congress Party in the [[India]]n state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="State" /> He was born on 24 November 1928 in Kashmir to contractor Haji Mohammad Amin Abbasi who was the first transporter of Union Council [[Birote]], near [[Kohala Bridge]] District [[Abbottabad]], [[Pakistan]] before 1947. He studied in [[Tyndale Biscoe School]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.greaterkashmir.com/news/news/schooling-excellence-biscoe-since-1880/23130.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://upgovernor.gov.in/upgovernor.gov.in/qureshibio1.htm|title=Archived copy|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712100731/http://upgovernor.gov.in/upgovernor.gov.in/qureshibio1.htm|archive-date=12 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has served in various capacities in his long and very active political career. He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir in 1965 and later elected to Lok Sabha from [[Anantnag (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anantnag]] in 1971 and 1977 elections.<ref name="governor">{{cite web|url= http://upgovernor.gov.in/upgovernor.gov.in/qureshibio1.htm|title= About Shri Mohammad Shafi Quresi|publisher= Governor of Uttar Pradesh|accessdate= 8 August 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160712100731/http://upgovernor.gov.in/upgovernor.gov.in/qureshibio1.htm|archive-date= 12 July 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref> He was the Union Deputy Minister of Commerce from 28 January 1966 to 14 February 1969, Union Deputy Minister for Steel & Heavy Engineering from 15 February 1969 to 2 May 1971, Union Deputy Minister for Railways from 10 October 1974 to March 1977, Minister of Tourism & Civil Aviation (31-7-79).<ref name="governor" /> He held the post of Governor of [[Bihar]] on 19 March 1991 to 13 August 1993 and was sworn in as Governor of [[Madhya Pradesh]] on 24 June 93,<ref name="governor" /> sworn in as [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]] on 3 May 1996 to 19 July 1996.<ref name="governor" />

He was the secretary of the [[Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University#Law Society|Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University]] in the year 1953.<ref name="governor" />

He was the Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities from 3 September 2007 with the rank of Cabinet Minister till [[Wajahat Habibullah]] took over.

He died on 28 August 2016 in Delhi's Batra hospital. Jammu and Kashmir's chief minister [[Mehbooba Mufti]], Governor [[N.N Vohra]] condoled his death.<ref name="State">{{cite news|title=Former Union Minister Shafi Qureshi passes away|url=http://news.statetimes.in/former-union-minister-shafi-qureshi-passes-away/|accessdate=29 August 2016|work=State Times|date=29 August 2016|location=Jammu}}</ref>

==References==

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{{Governors of Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Governors of Uttar Pradesh}}

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