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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mubarak Gul
|image =
|office1 = [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Speaker]] of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start1 = 28 February 2013
|term_end1 = 18 March 2015
|governor1 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
|1blankname1 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Chief Minister]]
|1namedata1 = [[Omar Abdullah]]
|predecessor1 = [[Mohammad Akbar Lone|Akbar Lone]]
|successor1 = [[Kavinder Gupta]]
|office2 = Member of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start2 = 2014
|term_end2 = 2018
|constituency2 = [[Eidgah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Eidgah]]
|term_start3 = 2008
|term_end3 = 2014
|constituency3 = Eidgah
|term_start4 = 2002
|term_end4 = 2008
|constituency4 = Eidgah
|term_start5 = 1996
|term_end5 = 2002
|constituency5 = Eidgah
|term_start6 = 1983
|term_end6 = 1986
|constituency6 = Eidgah
|party = [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]]
|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1951}}
|birth_place =
|education = BA
|alma_mater = [[University of Kashmir]]{{sfn | ''MyNeta'' | 2013}}
}}

'''Mubarak Ahmad Gul''' (born 1951), also known as '''Mubarak Gul''', is an Indian politician and a former member of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] from [[Eidgah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Eidgah constituency]]. Affiliated with [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]], he also served [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly|speaker]] of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly in 2013 to 2015 and advisor to the then chief minister [[Omar Abdullah]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mubarak Gul takes over as new Speaker of J&K Assem|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/jammu-and-kashmir/mubarak-gul-takes-over-as-new-speaker-of-jandk-assem_832209.html|work=ZeeNews|access-date=28 February 2013}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Gul was born in 1951. He started his political career as a [[councillor]] in 1976 and was also the president of Rural Development Society, Jammu and Kashmir Youth Federation, in addition to serving as the president of [[youth wing]] of National Conference. After electing to the assembly in 1983, the party declined to give him [[Mandate (politics)|mandate]], but was later selected to the upper house by the NC party, the ruling party of that time.<ref name="Firstpost 2014">{{cite web | title=J&K poll: Abdul Rahim Rather's defeat ends 36-year record stint as MLA -Politics News , Firstpost | website=Firstpost | date=2014-12-23 | url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/jk-poll-abdul-rahim-rathers-defeat-ends-36-year-record-stint-as-mla-2003533.html | access-date=2021-09-16}}</ref>

He was first elected to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly in 1983, and then in 1996, 2002, and 2008. He contested his last election in [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014 assembly poll]]s and won from Eidgah constituency.<ref name="Elections in India 2021">{{cite web | title=Idgah Election 2014, Results, Candidate List and winner of Idgah Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency, Jammu And Kashmir | website=Elections in India | date=2021-08-15 | url=https://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/idgah.html | access-date=2021-09-16}}</ref><ref name="Deccan Herald 2014">{{cite web | title=56 first-timers in 87-member J&K Assembly | website=Deccan Herald | date=2014-12-24 | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/449555/56-first-timers-87-member.html | access-date=2021-09-16}}</ref>

On 28 February 2013, Gul replaced [[Mohammad Akbar Lone|Akbar Lone]] as the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, as Lone was taken into the Cabinet by CM Omar Abdullah.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mubarak Gul takes over as new Speaker of J&K Assem|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/jammu-and-kashmir/mubarak-gul-takes-over-as-new-speaker-of-jandk-assem_832209.html|work=ZeeNews|access-date=28 February 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite web | title=Idgah Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election 1983 | website=latestly.com | url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/jammu-and-kashmir/1983/idgah/ | ref={{sfnref | Latestly}} | access-date=2021-09-16}}
* {{cite web | title=Mubarak Ahmed Gul(JKNC):Constituency- IDGAH(SRINAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: | website=MyNeta | date=2013-01-01 | url=https://myneta.info/jk2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=550 | ref={{sfnref | MyNeta | 2013}} | access-date=2021-09-16}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2008–2014]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2002–2008]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1996–2002]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1983–1986]]
[[Category:University of Kashmir alumni]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]

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